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How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha,...
Unapologetic Shiite cleric blasts corruption in Iraq and Lebanon, and attempts to silence him
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Lebanese Shiite cleric who has angered politicians and religious leaders in Lebanon and Iraq said...
Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMillions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday...
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to 'punish' Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of...
Shiite Muslims in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan mark Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiites in Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan chanted, paraded and beat their chests on Tuesday as they...
Iraqi protesters breach parliament building in Baghdad
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA protester displays a poster depicting Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr on a bridge leading toward the...
Populist Iraq cleric al-Sadr suspends movement, citing corruption
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBAGHDAD (AP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on...
The Nation of Islam: A brief history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMalcolm X helped lead the Nation of Islam until 1964. Truman Moore/Getty ImagesMay 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X,...
Bahrain sentences 3 for questioning Islamic teachings
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoProsecutors in the Arab Gulf nation of Bahrain on Thursday have handed down yearlong prison...
How ethnic and religious divides in Afghanistan are contributing to violence against minorities
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA powerful explosion Oct. 8, 2021, in a mosque in northern Afghanistan left several dead AP...