“This one is Shiite, these ones are also Shiite,” he said. “And these ones, they are still Sunni.” ...

Public commemorations take place in other parts of the world as well. As a scholar of Shiite communities in Africa, I have studied the processions in northern Tanzania. These are usually scheduled ...

Sunni and Shiite participants attend the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea, Jordan, May 20.

THE recent attacks on members of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria by soldiers during the group’s annual procession to mark the International Quds Day in Abuja call to mind the crowd ...

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as the Shiite group, has disputed claims by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command that its members killed a security operative and injured ...

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