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How Shia-Sunni strife can worsen crisis in Bahrain

Latest reports from Bahrain speak of considerable tension marked by anti-king and anti-government slogans shouted by thousands of Shia mourners. They attended the funerals of seven persons killed......

Pakistan: How politics fuels Shia-Sunni divide

Apart from religious hatred that makes it kosher for the Sunnis to massacre the Shias, the targeting of Shias serves a political objective of the Islamists in destabilising the Pakistani state. As......

Lucknow: Shia woman performs nikah of Sunni couple

Carrying out a nikah might be regarded as the exclusive privilege of only a male qazi. But back in Lucknow -- the city of the Nawabs -- a well educated Muslim woman did the qazi's job to create......

Pakistan: Seven killed in Shia-Sunni clashes

Seven persons were killed and over 10 injured in sectarian clashes in Pakistan's northwestern Kurram tribal area, where skirmishes between Shias and Sunnis continued for the second day on......

Sunni insurgents encircle Baghdad

Baghdad has been cut off by heavily armed Sunni insurgents, who are fighting Shia militias to complete the encirclement of the Iraqi capital, reports The Independent. 'The Sunni insurgents seem to......

12 global mega-cities set to boom by 2025!

Cities, the world over, are bursting at the seams. With urbanisation on the rise, urban populations have now outnumbered rural populations in many nations, and the 'exodus' shows no signs of......

Jairam Ramesh ko gussa kyon aata hai?

It seems odd that someone as erudite, articulate and suave as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh should get entangled in to one controversy after another, in quick succession. Take the latest one......

Jayanth: I instantly connected with Love Aaj Kal

Jayanth C Paranji has directed stars in big films like Chiranjeevi (Bavagaaru Bagunnara), Balakrishna (Lakshmi Narasimha and Allari Pidugu), Akkineni Nagarjuna (Ravoyi Chandamama), Venkatesh......

Meet Nagarjuna, the commando!

Nagarjuna Akkinneni is looking fit in his latest film Payanam (Gaganam) where he plays a commando. He tells Radhika Rajamani more about Radhamohan's bilingual -- Payanam......

Mariah Carey: I'm pregnant

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Mariah Carey has confirmed that she is pregnant and her baby with husband Nick Cannon is due this spring. 'Yes, we are......

Qatar would not oppose winter World Cup, official says

Qatar would obey a FIFA order to host a winter World Cup but no discussions have taken place on switching the 2022 soccer tournament from the summer, a top bid official said on Monday. "Currently......

Hamilton vows to close the gap on Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton is confident McLaren can close the gap on Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull after staging a stunning turnaround to finish second behind the world champion at the Australian Grand Prix on......

Images: Sreedharan, Sudha lead India's gold rush

Top Indian long-distance runner Preeja Sreedharan clocked a personal best of 31:50:47 in the women's 10,000m final to clinch the country's fourth gold medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on......

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Q. What are the different types of Muslims?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-different-types-of-muslims/25215009/answers/

Q. We know the cast system among Hindus which is less releveny now . And what is the basic difference between Shiye and Sunni in Muslims?
Prabirb: A. shia and sunni more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/we-know-the-cast-system-among-hindus-which-is-less-releveny-/25211206/answers/25215016

Q. What are the things missing in India ??? Some expamples... We dont have parking sense... We never use dustbins... Pls. add more...
Arifa Rifasi: A. Shia aur sunni mein difference. kiska opinion chayiye aapko? sunni ka, shia ka, christian ka, yahudi ka, American ka, iranian ka ya russ ka. Sabka...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-things-missing-in-india--some-expamples...-we-d/25208909/answers/25211247

Q. 12 PEOPLE INCLUDING 2 CHILDREN DIED IN TWIN BLASTS IN SHIA DOMINATED AREA AT KARACHI ,WHY SHIA ARE BEING TARGETED AND KILLED IN PAK?ARE THERE DIFFERENT QURAN AND ALLAH FOR SHIA AND SUNNI?
Ramesh Agarwal: A. we don't have one ness we have been divided as majority/minority by vote hungry congress even that we have been further divided as forward/backward/ shia/sunni etc., more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/12-people-including-2-children-died-in-twin-blasts-in-shia-d/25148446/answers/25208963

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Iraq blasts hit Sunni areas

Sectarian violence intensifies in Iraq with a series of car bombings targeting Sunni Muslim areas of the country. Nineteen people were killed when... ...

http://in.reuters.com/video/2013/05/18/iraq-blasts-hit-sunni-areas?videoId=242880018&videoChannel=101

World's largest cemetery Wadi Al-Salaam in Iraq

New Delhi : Wadi Al-Salaam is an Islamic cemetery, located in Shia holy city of Najaf, Iraq. It is reputed to be the largest cemetery in the world.... ...

http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/world-largest-cemetery-wadi-al-salaam-in-iraq--11731.html

Peace groups seek tolerance in Syria

Syria has no Mahatma Gandhi to confront communal conflict with a hunger strike but Syria does have Gandhian peacemakers seeking to reconcile the... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/333034/peace-groups-seek-tolerance-syria.html

Dozens killed in Iraq bomb blasts

BAGHDAD Scores of people were killed in Iraq Friday, in a day marked by several bombings including two outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi... ...

http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/214590305/scat/b8de8e630faf3631

Revenge attack on Sunni mosque in Iraq kills 40

Iraq on Friday in two separate incidents. The first attack claimed 40 lives as worshippers left prayers at a Sunni mosque in Baquba, 50km... ...

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How Shia-Sunni strife can worsen crisis in Bahrain

Pakistan: How politics fuels Shia-Sunni divide

Lucknow: Shia woman performs nikah of Sunni couple

Pakistan: Seven killed in Shia-Sunni clashes

Sunni insurgents encircle Baghdad

12 global mega-cities set to boom by 2025!

Jairam Ramesh ko gussa kyon aata hai?

Jayanth: I instantly connected with Love Aaj Kal

Meet Nagarjuna, the commando!

Mariah Carey: I'm pregnant

Qatar would not oppose winter World Cup, official says

Hamilton vows to close the gap on Red Bull

Images: Sreedharan, Sudha lead India's gold rush

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