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Declaration of faith to be accepted on face value: SC
Top court decides matter related to inheritance on basis of faith
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Saudi forces kill two 'wanted terrorists' in Dammam shootout
Shooting took place during a security operation in the coastal city
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In pictures: Fear and defiance mark life for Hazaras
Despite improved security, Hazaras continue to face attacks by militants
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Afghan Shia militia battles Taliban, raising sectarian fears
Officials fear the violence could escalate into an ethnic battle
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Religious scholars urge interfaith harmony as Ashura nears
Shia, Sunni leaders join hands to foster love and peace
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Elections in Iraq—a nation in limbo
Iraq had its first parliamentary elections following the end of three-year long war against Islamic State
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Islamic State: free Sunni women or Iraqi security men die
Islamic State militants have kidnapped six members of Iraq's security forces and threatened to kill them in three days
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Iraqis voting in first election since Islamic State
May 12 election will face the challenge of rebuilding Iraq after four years of war with Islamic state
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Four Saudi officers killed in gun attack
The attack comes as Saudi Arabia is embroiled in a long running conflict in its southern neighbour Yemen
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Attacks on mosques, worshippers soar in Afghanistan: UN
Islamic State has claimed most of the attacks on Shia worshippers as it seeks to stir up sectarian violence
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Saudi arrests three over abduction of Shia cleric
Sheikh Mohammed al-Jirani, a judge, was abducted mid-December
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Saudi policeman shot dead
The officer was hit by gunfire from "an unknown source" as he got out of his car in Dammam
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How a novice turned to hit-man’s vocation
Ishaq says it was from his friends in the neighbourhood and the seminary that he had first heard anti-Shia propaganda
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Police raid scores of Karachi seminaries after killings
Shia protesters clash with law enforcement agencies, demanding release of their leaders
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Saudi man gets 15 years for Shia cleric support
Nimr and three others were among 47 people convicted of terrorism and executed in January
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Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in town north of Baghdad
Attack happen in Sunni town US backed Iraqi security forces and Iran-backed Shi'ite militia took back from IS last yr
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At least 35 killed in attack on Shia mausoleum north of Baghdad
Attack on the mausoleum reignites fears of an escalation of sectarian strife between Iraq's Shias and Sunnis
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Suicide bomber kills nine at Iraq Sunni mosque: officials
The attack on the mosque in Abu Ghraib, which also wounded at least 28 people, took place during evening prayers
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Amid sectarian violence Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera office
Whenever a media outlet focuses on a problem, they order it to be shut down said head of the Iraqi journalist watchdog
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Shia clerics in Sunni-ruled Bahrain demand equality
Gulf countries accuse Shia-dominated Iran of meddling in Bahraini affairs
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Bahrain Sunni opposition leader gets one-year jail term
Ibrahim Sharif's secular Waed movement took part in 2011 protests with parties representing Gulf state's Shia majority
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How do Sunni and Shia Islam differ?
Saudi Arabia and Iran, the dominant Sunni and Shia powers, often take opposing sides in regional conflicts
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Bahrain sentences Shia to death, jails 22 from 'terror group'
Members of the group were convicted of bombings in two Shia villages in December last year, says prosecution officer
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5 Bahrain Shias get life in jail for 'spying for Iran'
The move comes a day after Bahrain said it has uncovered a terrorist organisation linked to Iran; arrested 47 members
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Saudi seeks death penalty for 16 after Shia unrest
Saudi media says the 'terrorist cell' was based in the Shia community of Awamiya
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Father of Saudi youth on death row asks king for clemency
In an interview with AFP, Mohammed al-Nimr said he hoped the king would save his son
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ANP, MQM, JI unite against fuel price increase
Adjournment motions submitted in Senate, National Assembly after increase prices of petroleum products.