Shi’ites
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Thousands of Shiite Muslims took to the streets in various cities of Pakistan on Friday, AFP correspondents said, a day after sectarian attacks in the northwest killed 43 people, including women and children. Gunmen opened fire Thursday on two separate convoys of Shiite Muslims travelling with police escorts in Kurram, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
28 Aug
FCT Police Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igwe has paraded 94 Shiite members over the killing of two policemen last Sunday in Wuse, Abuja. The suspects were paraded at the premises of the Old Special Anti Robbery squad office in Guzape, Abuja. Speaking to newsmen while parading the suspects, Igwe noted that the group stands proscribed…
28 Aug
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites group, has accused the police of clampdown on hospitalised members in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
25 Dec 2023
Shi’ites, an Islamic group, joined Christians at a Christmas Service at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Samaru, Zaria, Kaduna State on Monday to strengthen religious harmony and unity between religious groups.
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A Ugandan court awarded damages to 20 people who were arrested, paraded in public and tortured on suspicion of being homosexuals in a decision hailed by rights groups on Monday. Uganda passed one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws last year. But the case relates to the arrest of a group of youth in April…
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