The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel-Hezbollah war are Shia Muslims, and many of them believe they are being unfairly punished because they share a religious identity with ...

Protesters in Pakistan’s north-west have chanted anti-government slogans as funeral prayers were held for 42 Shia Muslims who were ambushed and killed by gunmen a day earlier in one of the ...

Most are Shia, the community that Hezbollah draws the majority of its support from and that has been bearing the brunt of Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. A large majority of Deir al-Ahmar’s ...

The violence began on Thursday, when gunmen attacked convoys of Shia Muslims travelling through the area under police escort. More than 40 died in that incident, which triggered revenge attacks.

Sectarian violence is sweeping through the picturesque Kurram district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after more than 45 Shia travellers were massacred by militants in Bagan ...

However, in the past few days, it has become synonymous with sectarian violence with Shia and Sunni tribes clashing, resulting in numerous deaths. Now, an unease pervades the air in Kurram after ...

The Islamic State, which emerged in the 1970s, brutalised religious minorities like the Ahmadiyya and the Shia. Then, “a brickbat crashed through its talc and tinsel sides… The Tazias rocked like ...

At least 32 people were killed and 47 wounded in sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, an official told AFP on Saturday, two days after attacks on Shia passenger convoys killed 43. Sporadic ...

Mourners pray at the burial of the victims of Thursday’s attack. X Over 300 families were forced to flee their homes after violent clashes between Sunni and Shia Muslims rattled North Pakistan. The ...

Kalin and Haylee and several great-nieces and nephews. Family and friends will be received on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. at the Nixon Funeral Home of Newell, where ...

The latest violence comes as a retaliatory offensive by Shia militia groups after Thursday’s massacre of 47 Shia Muslims when unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of passenger vans from Parachinar.

The district’s mix of Shia and Sunni Muslim populations has made it a focal point for sectarian violence, with deadly clashes erupting periodically and often spiraling into prolonged unrest. The roots ...