A child reacts as families gather around the coffins of bomb victims following a Shia massacre in Quetta, Pakistan... It is within this unresolved space that the situation of Shias in Pakistan must be understood ... Shia communities live with constant fear.
Iraq has executed a former senior security official from Saddam Hussein’s regime for his role in the 1980 execution of prominent Shia cleric MohammedBaqir al-Sadr, the government announced on Monday.
... leading Shia religious lineage in Najaf, and other innocent civilians ... Sadr, the founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, was widely regarded as a leading Shia religious, philosophical and economic thinker.
The suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad has triggered outrage among Shia Muslims across the Kashmir Valley, who have long been targeted by militant groups in Pakistan....
Global terror outfit Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly blast at a Shia mosque in Islamabad that led to over three dozen casualties on Friday.
Investigators have also revealed that prior to the Islamabad bombing, the attacker had remained in Afghanistan for approximately five months where he allegedly received formal training in weapons handling and suicide attacks ....
Protesters in Sumbal chanted anti-Pakistan slogans and demanded an end to sectarian violence after a suicide blast near a Shiite mosque in Islamabad killed more than 30 people ....
Protest rallies were reported at several key locations, with participants carrying banners and chanting slogans that explicitly targeted the Pakistani establishment....
“At a time when Muslims across the globe are under attack, Shia Muslims are targeted in Pakistan. What could be more shameful and condemnable?” a protester in Pattan said ....
Hundreds of Shia Muslims on Saturday staged spontaneous protests in various parts of Kashmir to condemn a suicide bombing at the Khadija Tul Kubra Mosque in ... “Shia Muslims are targeted in Pakistan.
A suicide blast at a Shia mosque in Islamabad killed 31 and injured 169, prompting condemnation from countries worldwide against terrorism and extremism ... .