Press TV - HawaiiRepresentativeTulsi Gabbard has launched a Twitter attack against US President Donald Trump, describing him as the big brother and protector of the Saudi-sponsored al-Qaeda terrorgroup, while "fomenting bigotry against Muslims for political gain." She made the comments in defense of fellow Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who has been ...

Alwaght- Protests have been held across the world over the weekend demanding the immediate release Nigerian Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky who is being detained incommunicado by the countrys military. Free Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky protests/rallies were held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday across the globe, from US to Canada, down to ...

The Nigerian army has completely demolished a religious center belonging to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) following the recent massacre of Shia Muslims in the West African country. The IMNs website cited a local source as saying that the army bulldozed Hussainiyyah Baqeeyatullah in the northern city of Zaria in Kaduna State on Sunday. This ...

Alwaght- The massacring of the Shia Muslims, which has left many people of the country dead, while not receiving much attention by the international media, on the regional media the news focus about it was limited to presenting some news or analyses without deliberating on the whole case. The incident which took place at the hands of the Nigerian ...

LONDON The State Department urged the Nigerian government on Wednesday to investigate reports of a large number of deaths over the weekend in clashes between the military and a Shia Muslim sect. The American Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement that the United States was deeply concerned about reports of the clashes, which began on Saturday afternoon ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian troops Wednesday buried the bodies of hundreds of victims of an alleged military massacre of Shia Muslims to hide the death toll, the Shia Islamic Movement in Nigeria said. Wednesday's allegation comes as human rights advocates and the United States called for an investigation following the army's raid on Nigerian ...

Alwaght- Boko Haram is Nigerias number one enemy and that is an irrefutable fact. However, in the past few days, the Nigerian army has launched a heavy-handed attack against the Shia Muslims of the northern Kaduna state. This has triggered a wave of anger in the country where authorities are apparently targeting the innocent instead of focusing all ...

Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani in a phone talk with his Nigerian counterpart on Tuesday said that a group of countries are sowing the seeds of discord among world Muslims, stressing that increased awareness is a dire necessity under the prevailing conditions. In his phone talks with President Muhammadu Buhari the Iranian political ...

Hundreds of people have staged a demonstration in Britain to denounce the recent massacre of Shia Muslims in Nigeria and demand that all the perpetrators be brought to justice. On Monday evening, the protesters converged outside the High Commission of Nigeria in London for a rally organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), chanting ...

The Nigerian army has confirmed the arrest of the countrys Shia leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky in the wake of a deadly attack on Shia Muslims in the northern city of Zaria. On Monday, the Nigerian army in a news conference confirmed the raid on the Shia Muslims and also the arrest of Zakzaky, with Major General Adeniyi Oyebade saying, I want to ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian cleric deplored recent acts of violence against Shia Muslims in Nigeria, urging the immediate release of prominent Shia Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. In a statement on Monday, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani condemned the distressing attacks on Shia Muslims in Nigeria and detention of leader of ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Nigeria's charge d'affaires in Tehran over the massacre of the Shia Muslims in Zaria city, Kaduna State in the last two days. The Nigerian army attacked two religious centers of the country's Shia community on Saturday, killing hundreds of defenseless civilians there. A few hours later on Sunday, the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Commission denounced the recent killing of a number of Shia Muslims in Nigeria, calling on the foreign ministry to follow up on the issue via international bodies. The news of the brutal killing of oppressed Shias in Nigeria by the countrys army hurt the feelings of millions ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged Nigeria on Monday to take a prompt and serious action for containing violence against Muslims, who have fallen victim to deadly attacks by the government forces in recent days. In a phone call with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, Zarif voiced deed concern over the ...