Shia Islam
At least 50 dead, 171 wounded in Iraq violence
Mar 19, 2013 06:16 EDT
A spate of attacks in Baghdad and central Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 50 people and left 171 wounded, security and medical officials said, updating an earlier toll.
Iran cleric says Ahmadinejad Chavez remarks 'heresy'
Mar 15, 2013 08:02 EDT
A senior Iranian cleri accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of "heresy" on Friday by saying in his tribute to late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez that he would be resurrected with Jesus Christ.
Pakistan sectarian killers 'operating unhindered'
Mar 14, 2013 11:45 EDT
Hateful graffiti messages against Shiite Muslims are scrawled along main roads. The striped flags of a banned militant faction accused of hundreds of murders flutter from homes.
Top Pakistan court demands strategy to protect Shiites
Feb 26, 2013 09:41 EST
Pakistan's top court ordered authorities on Tuesday to develop a long-term strategy to protect Shiite Muslims after bomb attacks killed nearly 200 of them in the country's southwest.
Pakistan army denies links with sectarian killers
Feb 22, 2013 03:19 EST
Pakistan's army has been forced to deny any links to an outlawed extremist group which claimed a series of devastating bomb attacks against Shiite Muslims that killed more than 200 people in recent weeks.
Anger, scuffles as Pakistan Shiites bury 89
Feb 20, 2013 07:03 EST
Scuffles broke out Wednesday as Pakistani Shiite Muslims buried the 89 victims of a second major bomb attack in five weeks, which has highlighted the government's inability to stem sectarian violence.
Pakistan Shiites bury bombing dead amid protests
Feb 20, 2013 03:30 EST
Mass burials for 89 victims of a bomb attack targeting Pakistani Shiite Muslims began on Wednesday after three days of nationwide protests at the government's failure to tackle sectarian violence.
Pakistan ministers hold talks on killing of Shiites
Feb 19, 2013 07:29 EST
Pakistani cabinet ministers on Tuesday opened negotiations with Shiite Muslim protesters who are demanding army protection and refusing to bury victims of a bomb attack that killed 89 people in Quetta.
Pakistan arrests suspects over Shiite killings
Feb 19, 2013 04:04 EST
Pakistani forces on Tuesday killed four men and arrested seven others accused of killing Shiite Muslims, including an alleged mastermind of a bomb attack that killed 89 people, officials said.
Market bomb kills 79 in southwest Pakistan: police
Feb 16, 2013 16:37 EST
A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 79 people including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said Sunday.
Market bomb kills 63 in southwest Pakistan: police
Feb 16, 2013 14:55 EST
A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 63 people Saturday including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said.
Bomb in SW Pakistan kills 47, injures 200
Feb 16, 2013 10:59 EST
A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shiite Muslims killed 47 people including women and children and wounded more than 200 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on Saturday, police and officials said.
Bomb in Pakistan kills at least 10 Shiite Muslims
Feb 16, 2013 09:18 EST
A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on Saturday, police said.
Iraqi troops kill six as demos call for PM to quit
Jan 25, 2013 10:01 EST
Six demonstrators were killed and 35 wounded when soldiers opened fire west of Baghdad as tens of thousands rallied in Sunni-majority areas calling for Iraq's Shiite leader to quit on Friday.
Pakistan Shiites call off protest on fourth day
Jan 14, 2013 05:07 EST
Thousands of Shiite Muslims from Pakistan's minority Hazara community ended a nearly four-day protest Monday after Islamabad caved into their demands for protection by sacking the provincial government.
Pakistan sacks provincial government after attack
Jan 14, 2013 00:49 EST
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday sacked the provincial government in Baluchistan after meeting Shiite Muslim protesters demanding protection after a massive bomb attack.
Pakistan sacks provincial government after Shiite killings
Jan 13, 2013 17:51 EST
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday sacked the provincial government in Baluchistan after meeting Shiite Muslim protesters demanding protection after a massive bomb attack.
US condemns "senseless and inhumane" attacks in Pakistan
Jan 11, 2013 22:55 EST
The United States has condemned the "senseless and inhumane" extremist attacks in Pakistan after a day of bomb blasts that killed 126 people and sparked angry protests by Shiite Muslims.
Thousands of Iraq Sunnis in angry anti-Maliki demos
Jan 11, 2013 10:17 EST
Thousands of Sunni Muslims took to the streets of Baghdad and other parts of Iraq on Friday to decry the alleged targeting of their minority, in rallies hardening opposition to the country's Shiite leader.
Gunmen kill Shiite linked to Pakistan ruling party: police
Jan 09, 2013 13:48 EST
Gunmen on Wednesday shot dead a Shiite Muslim doctor associated with the main ruling Pakistan People's Party in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.
