Tag: Sunni

Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), one of the 'rising stars’ in the politico-religious backdrop of Pakistan, is famous for its quick mass mobilisation often leading to vandalism, street protests, sit-ins, mob lynching, and brutal murders, all in the name of religion and blasphemy. The TLP was born out of a protest ...

A "terror plot" targeting a police car in southeastern Iran with a roadside bomb failed on Wednesday, killing one of two militants, a provincial public prosecutor said, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.The second militant fled the scene, and authorities have not yet identified the group to ...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday said party-backed independents, who emerged victorious in nearly 100 seats in the controversy-marred general polls, will join the Sunni Ittehad Council as a party.“Our candidates have submitted their affidavits with us and with their consent today we are ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched a daring assault on militant bases in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday, escalating tensions in a region already on edge. The attack, unprecedented in nature, involved missiles and drones, targeting Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni militant group. The offensive, however, resulted in tragic collateral damage, killing ...

TEHRAN: Jaish al-Adl, the shadowy Sunni extremist group operating on the Iran-Pakistan border, continues to cast a shadow over the region. Here's an in-depth exploration of its roots, activities, and the geopolitical dynamics at play. Jundallah's Genesis  Jaish al-Adl, translating to the Army of Justice in Arabic, is ...

Iran has executed three members of a Sunni Muslim armed group who were found guilty of carrying out a bomb attack targeting the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard. The trio was sentenced to death for the 2019 bombing in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. The judiciary’s Mizan Online website ...

Amid the row over the Uniform Civil Code, News18 Network conducted India’s biggest exclusive UCC survey, interviewing 8,035 Muslim women across 25 states and Union Territories in the country, to understand what they think about the issues the UCC is likely to address, rather than the proposed bill as ...

Arab Israelis and Palestinians joined large parts of the Muslim world in celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Friday to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with tens of thousands gathering for prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Hundreds of thousands were expected by Friday ...

Saudi Arabia, the country with Islam's holiest city of Mecca, has announced that this year's Eid al-Fitr will start on Friday, marking the end of Ramadan. "Tomorrow, Friday, is the first day of Eid al-Fitr for this year," with Thursday the last day of the holy month of Ramadan, ...

PARIS — Women in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, in what a rights group called a “rare” move for women in the staunchly conservative Sunni Muslim province. Online videos showed dozens of women on the streets of the provincial capital Zahedan holding ...