The Islamic State, which emerged in the 1970s, brutalised religious minorities like the Ahmadiyya and the Shia. Then, “a brickbat crashed through its talc and tinsel sides… The Tazias rocked like ...
Like many from Lebanon's Shia community in 1985, I joined Hezbollah as a young man. My generation was inspired by the revolutionary fervor radiating out of Iran that called for our people to take ...
Sectarian violence is sweeping through the picturesque Kurram district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after more than 45 Shia travellers were massacred by militants in Bagan ...
Children’s toys have been arranged at its base. A large red Shia flag flaps in the wind nearby - it is almost the only sound in the largely abandoned town. Image caption, Bekaa is being hammered ...