Two high profile killings over the weekend highlight a growing problem that attracts little media attention in the West: attacks on Pakistan’s Shia minority by Sunni militants. On Saturday, gunmen in ...
(CNN) — The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar that killed at least 61 people and injured another 196. A ...
The Islamic State might have lost its territory in the Middle East, but it intends to remain a potent threat to innocent people across the world. ISIS has just kidnapped and murdered 11 impoverished ...
Shias protest against target killing and genocide of Shiite Muslims across Pakistan during a demonstration arranged by Shia Ulema Council at M.A Jinnah Road in Karachi on December 14, 2012. Instead of ...
Athar Ali was praying at Jamia mosque in the Kocha Risaldar area of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar when two terrorists attacked worshippers. “It was 1.15pm. The imam was giving the sermon ...
The attack on coalminers in Machh is the latest salvo in a decades-spanning effort to marginalize and eradicate the minority community On Jan. 3, 2021, unidentified gunmen killed 11 Hazara Shia ...
* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Pakistani government should urgently act to protect Shia Muslims in Pakistan from sectarian ...
* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Pakistani government should take all necessary steps to ensure the security of Shia Muslims in ...
Christian leaders say they are in solidarity with minority Shia Muslims in Pakistan protesting harassment and persecution. "The government must take notice of Shia killings. Nobody has the right to ...
“We are here to tell the founder of this country that we are being persecuted and discriminated in your country.” That is the message from the families of Shia missing persons, who have been holding a ...
Najeeba Wazefadost came to Australia as a child refugee in September 2000 by a perilous journey by boat. She is now president of Hazara Women of Australia and I interviewed her for Green Left TV at a ...
The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on a Shia mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar that killed at least 61 people and injured another 196. A post from ...