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US: Albuquerque’s Shia Muslims ‘never expected’ attacks against their community

INTERNATIONAL When three Muslim men were killed over a 10-day period in Albuquerque, New Mexico, many members of the close-knit community feared there was a racist serial killer on the loose. The attacks, which saw some of the victims shot at point-blank range in the face, shocked the more than 3,000 Muslims who call the city home. The killings drew the attention of President Joe Biden, who said such attacks "have […]

11 August 2022

News

MJC leadership visits Ottawa in the aftermath of attack

As the South African Muslim community deals with the aftermath of last week’s horrific attack at the Imam Hussain masjid in Verulam in north of KwaZulu Natal, the leadership of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) visited the community on Monday in a show of sympathy with the Ottawa community. On Thursday, masked suspects stormed into the mosque and brutally attacked three musallees including the imam, setting alight the kitchen and […]

15 May 2018

News

‘Muslims must speak loudly against sectarianism’: CMRM

With the majority of mainstream ulema unequivocally denouncing Thursday’s attack at the Imam Hussain Mosque in Verulam outside Durban, there should now be vociferous calls for Muslims to reject any form of sectarianism. This was the view of the Claremont Main Road Masjid (CMRM), in the wake of a gruesome attack which has claimed the life of one person and left others seriously injured. The library and kitchen of the […]

11 May 2018

International News

Taliban claim deadly Kabul suicide attack

At least 24 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded after a suicide car bomb targeted a bus carrying ministry staff in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, officials said. Intelligence officials told Al Jazeera that the bus was carrying staff of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum when it came under attack on Monday. The attack happened just before 7am local time (02:30 GMT) and took place close to the […]

24 July 2017

International News

Baghdad: ISIL claims attack in busy Sadr City market

A suicide car bombing has killed at least 39 Iraqis in a busy market in Baghdad's Sadr City district, the interior ministry said. The attack in the mainly Shia suburb on Monday was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group. The bomber lured poor labourers close to the bomb site, promising them work, before blowing himself up. Bodies were scattered across […]

3 January 2017

Opinions

Sunni vs. Shi’ah: transcending takfir and the great divide

THIS is the second article aimed at two critical issues I broached the other day: the first was the 27 October false flag attack on Makkah, in which I proved how the Saudis had used a Houthi scud strike on Jeddah (65 kms from Makkah) to garner sympathy for their war against Yemen, and to dupe the world into believing that this was an Iranian-inspired assault. The second question refers […]

10 December 2016

International News

Daesh video shows Iraqi army’s losses in Mosul

Iraqi army and the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) have suffered heavy losses during the Daesh-led offensive raids in the vicinity of Al-Salam Hospital, Daesh revealed in a video published on its official website. AlkhaleejOnline reported that the video, which was originally published by Daesh’s Amaq news agency, showed that dozens of cars and armoured vehicles were destroyed, some of which belonged to Iraqi forces and the others belonged to […]

9 December 2016

International News

Deaths as suicide bomber attacks Shia mosque in Kabul

A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 27 people, according to the interior ministry. The explosion triggered by a suicide bomber happened in Baqer-ul-uloom mosque in the Darul Aman area. Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told Al Jazeera that several people were also wounded. Police said more deaths were feared. Several police vehicles raced from the scene, […]

21 November 2016

News

Vigilance Against Sectarianism: The Case of the Alleged Makkah missile attack

This is a transcript of a Jumuah khutbah delivered by Imam Dr. Rashied Omar at Claremont Main Road Masjid today, Friday 11th November 2016. A recent claim by Saudi Arabia that they intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Yemeni Houthi rebels, on the 27th October 2016, in the area of Makkah, has further inflamed the already precarious global sectarian conflict between Sunni’s and Shi`as. The Houthis, who were founded as […]

11 November 2016

Shia

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