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Western and Wahhabi channels give sectarian colour to Iraqi Shia and Sunni united front against ISIS

  Western TV channels eg BBC, CNN along with Salafi Wahhabi channels Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya are parroting the ISIS-AlQaeda-ASWJ propaganda describing Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Popular Mobilisation … Continue reading

March 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

Iraqi Shia Cleric’s Speech Strikes a Balance – David D. Kirkpatrick and Dan Bilefsky

BAGHDAD — Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the influential Shiite cleric, on Friday urged vigilance against Western political interference in Iraqi affairs but stopped short of opposing the American-led military campaign … Continue reading

September 30, 2014 · Leave a comment

Sunni And Shiite British Imams Denounce Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS Together In New Video – by Yasmine Hafiz

  Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders in the United Kingdom have come together to denounce the Islamic militant group ISIS in a video posted by a group called Imams Online, … Continue reading

July 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

Sunni is not my enemy: A Pakistani Shia’s perspective

Lately I have noticed a trend in a few Shia activists of Pakistan, Iraq and elsewhere who seem to categorize or perceive all Sunnis as their enemies holding them responsible … Continue reading

July 14, 2014 · 1 Comment

Malaysia bolsters ISIS with praise and child suicide bombers – by Rahat Husain

  Meanwhile, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said, according to Channel News Asia “[i]n his speech to his ruling party the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) on Monday night, he … Continue reading

July 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei: Iraq Conflict Between Humanity And Barbarity, Not Sunni-Shia

  DUBAI, June 28 (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the Iraq conflict a “showdown between humanity and barbarian savagery” and criticized Western media for portraying it … Continue reading

July 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

Iraq: Ayatollah Sistani hints that Parliament should dump al-Maliki as Muqtada mobilizes “Peace Brigades”

The chorus for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq to step down grew louder on Friday, as Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Najaf had his representative in Karbala read a … Continue reading

June 23, 2014 · Leave a comment

Good statement by Ayatollah Khamenei on Takfiri terrorism and Sunni-Shia unity against Takfiris and their imperialist mentors

    The great danger of the ‪#‎Takfiri‬ forces is not about killing the innocents, although that is a ‪#‎crime‬, a big crime, but the greater danger is that Takfiris … Continue reading

June 23, 2014 · Leave a comment

Iraqi Shi’ite, Sunni political leaders call for national unity

  (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite and Sunni political leaders made a joint call for national unity on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting called after a week of sectarian violence that … Continue reading

June 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

Anti-al-Qaeda Sunni Group Backs Iraq’s Shiite Government – by Zaid Sabah and Caroline Alexander

  A key Sunni Muslim tribal leader said his forces are helping Iraq’s Shiite-led government battle Islamist militants and called for urgent U.S. military intervention to help stop their advance. … Continue reading

June 16, 2014 · Leave a comment

On the 7th of May 2004, Haidery Mosque in Karachi was Bombed by Takfiri Deobandi Khawarijs

  On the 7th of May 2004, people gathered to pray Zuhr at Karachi’s Haideri Mosque. The mosque was built in 1894 and located inside Sindh Madarsatul Islam. It was … Continue reading

May 8, 2014 · Leave a comment

False Sunni-Shia binary and obfuscation of the Deobandi identity of terrorists – by Michael Kugelman

We have come across an article based on a speech of Michael Kugelman on Shia killings in Pakistan delivered at an event organized by the Wilson Center and Shia Rights … Continue reading

March 1, 2014 · 1 Comment

Pakistani leaders sign historic anti-sectarianism declaration

Muslim scholars from Pakistan have signed a historic agreement condemning sectarianism. and vowing to remove it as a cause of conflict in the violence-stricken country. Meeting in the Turkish seaside … Continue reading

October 31, 2013 · Leave a comment

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani: Spilling Blood of Iraqis, Especially Sunnis, Is Forbidden

The Grand Ayatollah, Ali al-Sistani, during a meeting with a delegation of Sunni clerics from the southern governorates and the Kurdistan region and a representative of the Sunni Endowment, on … Continue reading

August 31, 2013 · Leave a comment

Describing Sunni Jihadists as Wahhabi-Deobandi militants is lopsided generalization – by Sadanand Dhume

Source of data: http://dawn.com/2011/10/05/an-incurable-disease/ Source : http://criticalppp.com/archives/266067  

May 26, 2013 · Leave a comment

اہل سنت میرے بھائی نہیں میرے نفس اور جان ہیں.آیت اللہ علی سیستانی

“Grand Shiite Cleric, Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani : There is no real difference between Sunnis and Shiites or Kurds and Christians, adding we are servants for all Iraqis.The Grand Ayatollah, Ali … Continue reading

March 31, 2013 · Leave a comment

Motives behind the Shia massacres in Pakistan: PressTV report

While we are talking to each other, there is an old mother sitting in the corner of her house; silently weeping the death of her young son, there is a … Continue reading

March 28, 2013 · Leave a comment

Asia Human Rights Watch condemns Takfiri Islamofascists’ planned Shia bloodbath in Sindh – by Najami Dandu

Editors note: So called independent media remains under the thumb of the black sheep of the ISI and continues to paint a FALSE picture to international media and human rights … Continue reading

February 9, 2013 · Leave a comment

The more they target us, the louder I will say ‘I am Shia’ – by Zainab Imam

Over 90 of us perished on January 10, 2013.  I don’t mean Pakistanis, I mean Shias. As much as it pains me to identify myself as something before a Pakistani, … Continue reading

January 12, 2013 · 5 Comments

Don’t abuse them, just recite history – by Durreshahwar Jafri

Maula Ali A.S said, ‘ Don’t abuse them, just recite history.’ A Story of Some Burials When the demise of the Prophet P.B.UH occurred, Maula A.S invited the Muslims to … Continue reading

January 11, 2013 · Leave a comment