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August-2018

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August-2018'

24 - Aug: Shia Rights Watch sought international support to stop Saudi Arabian beheading of woman human right activist Israa al-Ghomgham as it can open the door to more executions for women particularly the women of religious minorities [1]& [2]. According to Amnesty International, the charges against al Ghomgham are political initiatives to silence conflict in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and her death sentence would send an open message to human rights activism. [3]

Jan to Nov 2017

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January-2017

  • 24-January:Foundation stone of Karbala International Airport being constructed by Copperchase Ltd., UK has been laid by Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalai, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Chief Cleric of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine. It will operate for the sole purpose of serving the pilgrims of Imam Hussein and al-Abbas. (The News) & [4]
  • Jan-19:Within next 2 years Karbala International Airport will be operational. It will include a 4.5 km length runway, the longest runway of all airports in Iraq. At present nearest Airport to Karbala is Baghdad International Airport.(International Media – Imam Hussain Holy Shrine)
  • Jan-10:Iran confirms that Saudi Arabia has invited Tehran like other Islamic countries to discuss arrangements for Hajj-2017. The Iranian delegation is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia on 23rd February this year to discuss the next pilgrimage. (The Washington Post) + (The News)
  • Reportedly, Saudi Minister for Pilgrims has scheduled to discuss with more than 80 countries including Iran for Iranian participation in this year’s Hajj rituals. However, senior Iranian official rebukes such an invitation to work out the details of the 2017 hajj.(The Express Tribune), (Al Manar tv) + (Press TV)

October-2017

  • 1-Oct: On Ist October & 30th Sept-2017 approximately 6 million people across the globe gathered in Karbala for observing Ashura. Shia Muslims around the world observe Ashura with the aim to express deep sorrow over the martyrdom of Hussein Ibn Ali and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH ( October 10, 680 CE). Ashura is not only observed in the Muslim world but also in Europe, Australia, America and Canada, etc. [5] [6] & [7]
Commemoration of Ashura is a national holiday in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Lebanon and Bahrain. Also in India Ashura is a public holiday. [8] (ABNA)
This year in Nigeria Ashura mourning processions held in more than 60 towns and cities across the country organized by Islamic Movement in Nigeria.[9]
  • 2-Oct: Malaysian Government has freed 200 Shia Iraqi nationals, mostly Masters and Postgraduate students and their family members who were arrested by Malaysian authority in September-2017 on account of their participation in recent Ashura mourning. A former Malaysian ambassador has condemned the arrest of Iraqi Shia Muslims, saying this could court condemnation from the United Nations Human Rights Commission.[10]& (ABNA)

November-2017

  • 10-Nov: Arba'een of Imam Hussain and his diehard companions was observed on 10 November, 2017 (including Arba'een Walk in countries other than Iraq) throughout the world in countries having population of Shia Muslims. Arba'een Pilgrimage was held in Iraq. It was estimated that 25 million would participate in addition to Iranian pilgrims. Different news sources indicate that more than 20 million pilgrims have attended Arbaeen walk/pilgrimage in Iraq from Najaf to Karbala on road by foot. Considering unofficial entries and 1-3 months old entries to Iraq, social media has placed figures highs from 30 to 40 million. However, Western/European Media reports estimates vary of the total attending from highs of 15-17 million [11], (Dawn), (Tehran Times), [12] & [13]

Jan to Dec 2016

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January-2016

31 January: At least 60 people were killed and 110 wounded in a twin-suicide bomb attack in the town of Sayyidah Zaynab. The ISIS has accepted responsibility for the attack. (NBC News)
With reference to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visit to Saudi Arabia and Iran from 18 January-2016 to defuse tension between the two countries, Daily Pakistan and Daily Jang disclose that Pakistan’s initiative for mediation between Iran and Saudi Arab have positive signals from both sides.
Chinese President will also visit the Iran and Saudi Arab next week. It is retrieved that China helped broker a landmark nuclear deal with Iran. After signing framework agreement, Iran became a founding member of Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Bank (Express Tribune). Mediation from Russia and Iraq have also been reported earlier (Daily Pakistan) (BBC)
Ladakh January 5: Buddhist, Christian and Sunni + Shia Muslims communities from Leh and Kargil have taken out a joint candle light march against the execution of Sheikh Nimr (Two Circles)[dead link]

July-2016

23 July: Atleast 80 dead and some 260 injured as twin suicide blasts hit a large demonstration of Shiite Hazaras community over a power route line at Dehmazang Circle, Kabul, Afghanistan. (CNN) + RT (TV network)
17 July: After suspension of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society and stripped of citizenship of Isa Qassim by United Arab Emirates, kingdom’s court dissolved Al Wefaq, accusing the group of harboring terrorism and its links with sectarian political parties. The group’s accounts are to be closed and its financial assets will be transferred to the state treasury(The Guardian) & [14] The U.S. State Department swiftly condemned the decision (The New York Times)
Earlier in June-2016, United Nations human rights office urged the UAE Government to ensure human rights under international law and that civil society activists should not face undue pressure, intimidation or reprisals for their work (UNO).
7 July Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum attack:Iraq, at least 35 people killed and 60 others injured in a suicide attack on Mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi, located in Balad 93 kilometers north of Baghdad (Reuters) & (BBC) .
4 July: Suicide bombers struck 3 cities of Saudi Arabia
  • Six people, including four Security Officers killed in a Suicide attack at a parking lot near security headquarters outside Prophet Mosque in Medina
  • Two guards injured when a suicide bomber detonated his device Near US consulate in Jeddah.
  • Suicide bomber unsuccessfully targeted Shia mosque in Qatif, no causality was reported(Samaa TV)(CNN)[15] Besides, other countries and NGOs, Iran and Hezbollah also condemned the terrorist act in Saudi Arabia [16] + [17]
Ist July: Fox News & MSN news via AP, through Nigerian Shiite Islamic Movement and journalists say that milliohttp://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?eid=276901&cid=23&fromval=1ns of people, Interalia, demanded freedom for their detained leader (Ibrahim Zakzaky) during their march on International Quds Day organized on Friday, Ist July-2016 in northern cities and town including Zaria (Fox News), [18] & [19]

October-2016

  • 30-Oct: MWM staged protest at Ancholi and Numaish Chaurangi, opposite to Mazar-e-Quaid against Shia Genocide by targeting Ladies Majlis (a gathering to commemorate the tragedy of Karbala) at residence in Nazimabad, Karachi, yesterday (ShiiteNEWS). Per SK-Official reprting protest in front of IG Police, Karachi was also staged by Shia Youths.
  • Teenager Ali following the mode of protest of his father Khurram Zaki, recemtly killed being a Shia Muslim, has alone registered protest in front of Chief Minister House, Karachi lifting in his hands placard, against government inaction. Ali demanded the Sindh chief minister to admonish the relevant police cops to reopen the murder case and bring the ASWJ terrorists to book [20]
  • 29-Oct: Five killed and seven people, including women injured when armed terrorists targeting Shia Muslims opened fire on participants of ladies Majlis (Shia religious gathering) at home in Nazimabad No.4, Karachi, close to Police & Ranger Stations. (Aaj News) & (Mag-Series USA)
Yesterday a superior court of Bahrain overturned the punishment of a nine-year jail term sentenced to Sheikh Ali Salman on charges of inciting hatred.(Shafaqna)
  • 17-Oct: One child killed and 15 others injured including 11 ladies and children in a cracker bomb attack during a ladies Majlis being held at Imambargah Dar-e-Abbas, situated in FC Area, Karachi, Pakistan.(Dawn News) + (ARY News)
Nigerian Army has arrested Sheikh Adamu, the representative of Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the head of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) (Tasnim News Agency) & (Iblagh)
  • 15-Oct: In Iraq at least 55 people were killed on Saturday in a targeted attack at a Shia Muslim gathering, a police check-point and the family of a Sunni Muslim paramilitary leader (Arab News) & (Reuters)
  • 14-Oct: On Ashura-1438 Hijri (the 12th Oct-2016) approximately 8 million Shiite Muslim pilgrims from 25 countries of the globe visited the Karbala to participate in the mourning rituals of Ashura. Spokesman for the Imam Hussein shrine, said two million people took part in a ritual run from outside the city to the mausoleum on 10th Moharram. [21] (SK-Pak News)
Interfaith Harmony: This year, Hindu community in Pakistan has canceled its annual Ram Leela presentation in honor of Ashura respect which was due to be performed during Navratri at Swami Narayan Mandir, located in Clifton, Karachi.(Sama TV) As an interfaith harmony gesture Morgan Freeman attended a majlis of Ashura on 12 Oct-2016 at the Al-Khoei Foundation mosque in Queen's Park, London.(Dunya News)
  • 13-Oct: On Ashura day, at least 14 Shia Muslims killed and many others were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded outside a mosque in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan, a day after a deadly gun attack on Shia mourners commemorating Ashura in Kabul on 11 Oct-2016 (Al Jazeera) & (The Washington Post)
Reportedly 10 people were killed and many others injured on 12 Oct-2016 in violent clashes between Shiite Muslims and security forces across northern Nigeria. Eye witness told BBC News that army and police opened fire at Nigerian civilians who were holding Ashura procession for commemorating martyrdom of Imam Hussein (Yahoo News) & [22]
  • 12-Oct: Yesterday, 18 people were killed and 50 others injured in a terrorist attack on a Shia gathering to commemorate the Ashoura rituals at a Shiite shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan.(Reuters)
Despite curfew, commemorating Muharram procession in Srinagar from Khanqah-e-Shamaswari was organized which completed its movement and reached to the destination at Haba Kadal without caring about the harms of teargas shelling and blockage of communication [23]
  • 5-Oct: Rallies were staged in Bahrain to protest against restriction on Shia processions commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein Ibn Ali & event of Karbala [24]. Organizing three Ashura Commemorations in Diraz town during this week were also banned [25]
  • 4-Oct: At least 4 women from Shia Hazara Community returning their home were killed and several ininjured, when two motorcyclists opened fire on a local bus which was travelling to Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan (Dawn)(The Daily Pakistan)
  • In another incident two custodian of Imambargah in Rawalpindi, Pakistan were killed as a result of Shia target killing [26]

November-2016 (till 10 Nov)

  • 27-Nov DSP Traffic, Faiz Ali Shigri, a Shia Police Officer killed in target killing, his driver and gunman were also injured.(Radio Pakistan) While, in another targeted attack on DSP Zafar Hussain was failed when guard promptly responded the terrorists in retaliation.(ARY News)
  • 26-Nov: Bahrain, demonstration was staged in Diraz village, some 12 Km away from Manama, demanding the immediate lifting of government ban on Friday Prayers. Protesters were also expressing their solidarity with Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.(Muslim Times)
Dr. Khalid Mahmood Butt, a local journalist and custodian of an Imambargah in the Sahiwal city of Pakistan was killed and his son Ali Raza injured by firing of takfiri terrorists.(The Express Tribune), (ShiiteNEWS)
  • 22-Nov: SK-Official (Urdu) reports an old news after his death that Hassan Sadpara was the first Muslim in the world who hoisted the flag of Hussain Ibn Ali at peak of Mount Everest.
November 2016 Kabul suicide bombing
At least 32 killed and above 80 people injured when a Suicide bomber detonated himself inside a Shia Muslim mosque “Baqar-ul-Uloom” situated in Darul Aman area, Kabul, Afghanistan. Worshippers were commemorating Arba'een rituals.(Voice of America) + (CNN)
Kaduna State Government and Security forces demolished educational institute Fudiyya Islamic School in Zaria administered by Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the Hussainiya in Saminake which was under construction after court order. (The Torrent)
  • 19-Nov: 600 reporters and cameramen from different countries including Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Britain, Azerbaijan and the US have been covering the media reporting of Arbaeen-2016 ceremony.(Iblagh News) + ( ABNA)
  • 17-Nov:With a 10% increase approximately 22 million pilgrims are expected to attend Arba'een pilgrimage – 2016 (The New Arab)
Christian devotees of Hussain Ibn Ali, are also participating in Arbaeen and moving by foot towards Karbala without religion discrimination. (Tasnim News Agency)
Sunni & Shia participation in Arba'een at Karbala is the Symbol of unity among Muslim nation, (Shabestan News Agency), Shia honorary workers serving pilgrims, have been polishing shoes of Sunni Zaireen. [27]
  • 14-Nov: Reportedly 8 people killed and six were injured in attack at Ain al-Tamer located 50 kilometers west of the Shi'ite shrine city of Karbala. The attack involved six suicide bombers, some of whom may have been killed by security forces before they could blow themselves up.(Middle East Online) + (Daily Times)
Nigeria - 9 people have been killed during a Shia religious procession in clashes with police in Kano city. (BBC New)
For Arba'een Pilgrimage of this year 7,000 Iranians have enrolled as honorary worker to clean-up streets and paths on the way of pilgrims visiting Karbala.(Trend News Agency)
Iran is providing healthcare services to Arba’een pilgrims at westerns borders of Mehran, Chazzabeh, Shalamcheh and the roads leading to Karbala (Tehran Times)
  • 13-Nov:Bahrainis once again expressed solidarity with Sheikh Isa Qassim and recently organized protests in several villages and towns, including village of Diraz the hometon of Sheikh Isa Qassim.(ShiiteNEWS)
Gilgit-Baltistan government banned Yom-e-Hussain (Day to commemorate Hussain) in educational institutions of Gilgit Baltistan where majority of population follows Shia Islam. Cases have also been registered against 500 persons who were protesting against the official ban. (The Shia Post) + (ABNA)
Besides unregistered convoys, approximately 27,000 Hussaini processions have been registered for Arba’een Pilgrimage-2016 (International Media – IHHS)
Some 2.5 million Iranians are expected in Karbala this month for Arbaeen.[28]
  • 6-Nov:At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in three bombing attacks targeting Shia pilgrims. One bomber detonated when a queue of vehicles waiting to enter Tikrit another attacker set off a bomb-packed ambulance in a parking lot in Samarra (possibly in concert with a third bomber)(BBC News),[29] (Al-Jazeera)
Karachi,Allama Mirza Yusuf Husain, head of All Pakistan Shia Action Committee, has been arrested by Law Enforcement Agencies. Further, as a series of undeclared crackdown on peaceful Pakistani Shia Muslims an unwanted search operation was conducted at Imambargah Shah-e-Karbala, Rizvia Society, Karachi.(Shia Post), (The News) & (SK-Official)
In protest against a series of undeclared crackdown a number of Shia organisations took to the streets after arrest of their leaders and the raid at the imambargah at Old Rizvia Society.(The Express Tribune)
In a sectarian target killing one person Kamran Kazmi gunned down and his relative Anwar Kazmi critically injured while returning after attending a Majlis in New Rizvia Society, Karachi. (Dawn News)
  • 3-Nov: About 100,000 forces in Iraqi-led coalition comprising Shia Militia/Badr Organization, Sunni Arab tribesmen, Iraqi Forces, Peshmerga fighter, are engaged in battle of Mosul to recapture it from ISIL, dozens of villages and surroundings areas of Mosul have been taken back. Head of Daish in his audiotape urged their fighters & supporters not to retreat in response to advancement of Iraqi forces towards Mosul.(BBC News) + (CNN)
  • 2-Nov: World Shia Forum recognized the step of Ms. Khan for contacting the UK News Agencies and exposed the Shia Genocide. She is a Sunni Muslim and daughter-in-law of Naiyyar Mehdi Zaidi who was among six people killed in a terrorist attack at a Ladies Majlis (a traditional Shia gathering) in Karachi on 29 Oct. (World Shia Forum) (theguardian) & (Independent, UK). A Sunni Muslim, Nadeem Lodhi while saving the gathering from terrorists was also killed.(SK-Official) & (LUBP)

December-2016

  • Dec-31: At least 28 people were killed in a bomb explosion at a busy market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad. Local sources from Iraq also reported for several mortar attacks surrounding Najaf Province.(Tasnim News Agency)
  • 3-Dec-2016: Nigerian Court orders for release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, head of the IMN after being held along-with his Mrs. without charge for nearly a year by the country's security agency and directs the Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS) to pay a sum of 50 million naira to Zakzaky and his wife as compensation. (Reuters)

December-2015

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November 2015

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  • Majlis-e-Aza: According to SK-English first time in the history, Mourning sitting (Majlis-e-Aza) was organised in the British Parliament in which prominent Noha reciter Nadeem Sarwar, father of Ali Shanawar recited Noha [30] & [31]
  • Sheikh Nimr: November 20, 2015: According to news released by Shia rights watch 17 organisations from different religions and communities functioning for rule of humanity and justice have collectively requested the US Secretary of State to approach and press the King of Saudi Arabia for waiver of death sentence awarded to Sheikh-nimr-al-nimr and 3 others [32]
  • On 27 November-2015 a suicide-bomb attacks on a Shia Muslim procession (Arba'een ) in Nigeria's northern Kano state leaves at least 21 people dead while several others have been injured.(The Guardian) (BBC)
  • Nov-27, 2015: Per news in a deadly firing attack on worshippers at Shia mosque in Shibgani, about 125 north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing of Paish Imam (prayer leader) and injury to 3 people is reported. The ISIS claims responsibility (NDTV)(Al-Manar)
  • November 2015 Paris attacks With a common motto that it’s a “crime against humanity” and expressing solidarity with French, several Muslim religious and political leaders officially condemned the Terrorist Attacks in Paris[33][34]
  • 2015 Beirut bombings: On 12 November-2015, 43 people killed and 239 wounded in the twin blasts with 5 minutes interval, first one was nearby to a Shia Mosque, which targeted the Shia-majority district of Burj al- Barajneh in Beirut [35] [36]

October 2015

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  • One killed and at least 50 others injured in a series of bomb blasts targeting Shia Muslims while gathered for Ashoora procession in Dhaka Bangladesh(BBC)
  • Oct 23, 2015: At least 24 people, including children and women are killed and several others injured when an explosion struck during 9th Muharram procession in Sindh & Balochistan border city Jacobabad’s Lashari Muhalla(Dwan TV) (Samaa News)
  • On 22 October 2015, 10 killed and 12 injured when a suicide attacker exploded during Maghrebain (Sunset) prayers in a Shia Mosque and Imambargah in District Bagh of Kachhi 300 Km from Quetta in Balochistan(Pakistan Today)[37]
  • According to Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia, 5 people killed and nine wounded on 16 October, 2015 in an attack on a Shia Muslim community congregated in commemoration of Ashura in Saihat, eastern Saudi Arabia (BBC)
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