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Shia-Sunni divide

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Syria: As over 340 Alawites killed by security forces; read who they are and why they are being massacred by Ahmed al-Sharaa’s interim government

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Assad was close to Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, both Shia allies. This further cemented the perception that Alawites were aligned with Shiite interests in a Sunni-majority country.
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Pakistan: Deadly attack on passenger vans kills over 40 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram, reports indicate Sunni militants targeting Shias

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Latest reports from the area are saying that the death toll has risen to 44 after many injured persons eventually succumbed.
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Pakistan: Shias and Sunnis kill each other over land dispute, more than 37 dead so far

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The Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan has a long history of violent clashes between the two sects of Islam.
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Ujjain: Muslims protest Afsar Khan over a social media post depicting namazis praying during Muharram as pigs

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A Muslim youth uploaded an online post depicting namazis praying during Muharram as pigs, seemingly to mock the Shia community, a sect within the Muslim community that chiefly observes the festival.
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Clashes erupt between Shia and Sunni Muslims during Muharram in Varanasi, Islamists raise ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans, pelt stones

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Muslims belonging to the Shia and the Sunni community clashed with each other during a Tazia procession on the occasion of Muharram in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations after China-brokered talks in Beijing, to reopen embassies

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Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic relations and re-open embassies within two months after talks in Beijing
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More than 4,800 Shias killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan over past 8 years: Report

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Besides religious minorities such as Hindus and Christians, Shia Muslims also face persecution in Sunni-dominant Pakistan.
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Pakistani cleric Ali Mirza, who supported Nupur Sharma, is now being accused of blasphemy for quoting a Hadith, here is what happened

Raju Das -
Pakistani cleric Ali Mirza targeted by Sunni Muslims for quoting a Hadith that implies that Prophet Mohammad had called the fist Caliph a rebel
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The Lady of Heaven: How a movie on Fathima has exposed Islam’s Shia-Sunni conflict again as theatres in UK surrender before threats

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The Lady of Heaven, a movie based on the life of prophet Mohammed daughter Fathima, is being opposed by Sunni Muslims
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Pakistan mosque refuses to make an announcement to trace missing girl Dua Zehra as she has a ‘Shia name’

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A mosque in Pakistan's Karachi has refused to make an announcement for a missing 14-year-old girl Dua Zehra because of her Shia name.
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