Shia community
- Telangana
Telangana govt seeks elephant from Karnataka, Kerala for Muharram procession
Hyderabad: The Telangana Waqf Board on Thursday, April 30, submitted a letter to the Principal Secretary of the Minorities Welfare Department asking for a permanent arrangement of an elephant for the Muharram…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Protest held at Charminar over Khamenei’s assassination
Hyderabad: The Telangana and AP Joint Action Committee (JAC) organised a protest at the Charminar on Friday, March 6, against the assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the Israel and United…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Parachinar secratarian violence explained as peace restored
Parachinar town nestled in the picturesque, mountainous border area of Pakistan has long been a flashpoint for rivalry and sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia Muslim communities. The town which is predominantly…
- India
Republic Bharat faces backlash over ‘offensive’ octopus depiction of Ayatollah Khamenei
A controversy erupted after Rebulic Bharat broadcasted a program featuring an allegedly offensive and disrespectful depiction of Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Twelver Shia Marja, and the supreme leader of Iran. The programme…
- India
Protests rock Kashmir over textbook calling Ayatollah Khomeini ‘evil’
The Kashmir valley witnessed a wave of protests and discontent, in particular among Shia community, following the controversial mention of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the list of ‘most evil persons’.Khomeini is a…
- Telangana
Telangana: Shia Muslims ask for representation in Congress govt
Hyderabad: The United Shia Muslims Forum (USMF), Telangana, has written to the Congress high command and the state leadership to accommodate leaders from its community into the new Congress government in Telangana.…
