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Kuwait News | Shiite Muslims

Kuwait mourns 27 killed in IS attack on Shiite mosque
  • Injuring an additional 200, Friday’s attack on the Imam Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City was claimed by the Islamic State’s Wilayat of Najd division, which was also responsible for similar recent attacks in Saudi Arabia.
  • Kuwait has largely been shielded from the sectarian strife that has permeated the region, but the Shia community has felt it would only be a matter of time before violence arrived in Kuwait.
  • Saudi and Bahraini Shiites joined thousands of Kuwaitis who attended the funeral ceremonies.

“We had sectarianism before Syria. There were examples, even in parliament, of language that was very strong. We had tensions, but there was no violence. No attacks. No bombing.”

Read the full story at Reuters.

(Image Credit: Jassim Mohammed/Reuters)

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Bahrain court sentences leader of Shiite opposition party to four years in prison
  • Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of Al Wefaq, was arrested in December on charges of “publicly inciting hatred” and “insulting public institutions” in the Sunni-led country.
  • The sentencing is the latest in a crackdown on the country’s Shiite-led pro-democracy movement, which has included citizenship revocation and banishment for the political opposition.

“Al Wefaq, the opposition group, said that the verdict was part of a ‘security campaign against every person demanding legitimate rights,’ and that the court ‘ruled against the majority of the people of Bahrain that adopt Salman’s path in demanding democratic transition, justice and dignity.'”

More on this story at The New York Times.

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Man disguised in women’s garb detonates self outside Shiite mosque in Dammam, killing himself and three others in the second such attack in the region a week. More from Reuters.

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Shiite paramilitary rebrand forces in Iraq following concerns the name of their operation against ISIS would incite sectarianism. More from Reuters.

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The arrest of a Shiite religious leader in Cairo further frustrate Egypt’s Shiite minority community, who report ongoing discrimination and persecution. More from Middle East Eye.

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Tens of thousands attend funeral of the 21 murdered in the suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque, protesting sectarian violence in Saudi Arabia.  More from Reuters.