Shia Muslims
- India
On Eid, Shia Muslims chant slogans against US, Israel
Bhopal: Most members of the Shia Muslim community refrained from celebrating Eid on Saturday as they denounced the killing of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel strikes, and chanted slogans…
- Hyderabad
Tension in Hyderabad after Ali Khamenei’s poster at dargah vandalised
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at an arch by the Maula Ali dargah in Hyderabad’s Malkajgiri after the deceased Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s poster was allegedly torn late on Wednesday night, March…
- India
UP: People protest against Ayatollah Khamenei’s assassination
Lucknow: Large-scale protests led by Shia Muslims broke out in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, including the state capital Lucknow, on Sunday, March 1, to condemn the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader…
- India
UP village mourns Khamenei’s death, recalls link to his mentor Ayatollah Khomenei
Barabanki: A doleful shadow hung over the Kintur village of Barabanki district on Sunday after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid strikes by the US-Israel. Locals say Kintur…
- India
Thousands take part in 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar
Srinagar: Thousands of Shia Muslims took out the traditional Muharram procession from Guru Bazar to Dalgate in Srinagar for the second consecutive year on Monday, July 15. After being barred for the…
- India
Thousands join 8th Muharram procession in J&K’s Srinagar
Srinagar: Thousands of Shia Muslim mourners took out the eighth Muharram procession in Jammu & Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Monday. Authorities had permitted the event with the organisers assuring a peaceful and…
- Hyderabad
Muharram: Hyderabad Shia Muslim leaders still wait for police bandobust
Hyderabad: Leaders from the Shia community are worried as the city police has reportedly not yet made bandobust arrangements for Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar) which starts from July…
- Hyderabad
Shia Muslims demand state observance for Muharram in Telangana
Hyderabad: Ahead of Muharram, Shia Muslim groups from across the state have demanded that the state’s Congress government declare it as a state observance. With less than a month for Muharram, an…
- 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.…
- Telangana
Telangana polls: Shia Muslims demand 1% edu, job reservation
Hyderabad: Members of the Shia Muslim community submitted a representation to the Chairman of the Congress Manifesto Committee, MLA Duddilla Sridhar Babu and urged attention towards the Shia community in the state.…
- Delhi
Chehlum procession not communal protest: Delhi Police debunks false news
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday cautioned against rumours being spread on social media by “wrongly projecting” Chehlum procession as a communal protest ahead of the G20 Summit. The Shia Muslim community…
