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Imam Killed and Many Injured in Firebomb Attack on Shia Mosque

shiarightswatch.org_belgium_ImamA fire was set to a Shia mosque in Brussels on Monday, killing its 47-year-old Shia imam and injuring another person, AFP reported.

According to the report, the incident took place when a firebomb was thrown into the Reza shia mosque, the largest of the four Shia mosques of Brussels and its environs.

Police officials at the scene confirmed in a conversation with AFP it was the imam Sheikh Abdullah who died after succumbing to the fumes in the burnt-out place of worship.  A second person who was with him at the time of the attack was lightly injured.

A spokesman for the local police told the news agency that a suspect was taken into custody at the scene.

Anderlecht Mayor Vincent Van Goidsenhoven said the suspect threw a Molotov cocktail at the mosque, which is located near an area with a large immigrant Muslim population.

Belgian Interior Minister Joelle Milquet told AFP she was “very shocked by the events that have occurred,” saying she condemned the event “with firmness and indignation.”

The last time a Shia imam was targeted in Brussels, AFP noted, was in 1989 when Saudi-born Abdullah Muhammad al-Ahdal was shot dead.

Al-Ahdal served as imam in the Grand Mosque of Brussels and was killed on March of that year by an armed man inside the mosque. His killing was claimed by a small Salafi Syrian group in Lebanon, who accused him of being too moderate.

Anti Shia attack in Iraq killed 73 Shia and wounded 250

iraq-flagViolence against Shia Muslim is increasing throughout different countries with little to no response from the United Nation and Humanitarian organizations.

In Iraq, several bombs have exploded in September 7th, 2012 killing 73 and wounding 250 Shia. At least 42 Shia were killed in Baghdad alone.

According to officials, the bloodiest attack occurred in the morning in a market near the shrine of Imam Ali in southern Iraq. Two suicide car bombing attacks killed 24 Shia and wounded 60 other.

8 Shia were killed by car bomb explosion in Kirkuk, 250 miles north of the capital. And in another part of the city, two people were killed by the explosion of a car bomb.

In the city of Basra, a car bomb in a market killed three Shia and wounded at least 20 others.
Bombings have also rocked the cities of Kirkuk, Samarra,Tal Afar and Touz Khourmato, north of Baghdad, killing four Shia and wounding 24.

5 Shia dead and 70 wounded in explosion, Iraq

iraq-flagAnti-Shia suicide bomber attacked the Shia mosque near the northern Iraq city of Mosul as Friday prayers ended. Truck driver attack left five Shia dead and 70 wounded.

According to the sources attacker aim was the Shabak Shia in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.

In recent months Shia Muslim pilgrims and religious sites face more attack by Anti-Shia terrorist. It is unfortunate that the government has yet to be able to stop or even preventing violence from happening.

This leaves the Shia population in Iraq to face attacks on a daily bases and fear living in their own country. Shia should step up peacefully and take control of their own security.

Explosion in Iraq killed 107 Shia and wounded 268

iraq-flagViolence against Shia Muslim is growing in different parts of the world. On Monday July 23,212 at least 107 Shia were killed in a bomb explosion. The number of the Shia death rise to 127 in two day attacks against Shia population in Iraq.

The number of death could again increase since some of the 268 wounded Shia are in critical condition, according to the doctors and hospital staff.

282 Shia Iraqi Killed and 700 Injured in the Month of June, 2012

Human Rights issues have taken the shape, color and structure of political issues. Despite millions of organizations which aim for a peaceful world, the majority of these organizations have different results in mind.  Some move forward with political agendas in mind, some aim for a higher role in the governmental offices and some are just puppets of offshore governments,  pushing their agenda ahead. Lives of the innocent are at risk. Political and resource-focused games among countries are only harming the lives of thousands of people in the Middle East and millions globally.

Anti-Shia terrorist are one of few groups that are pushing their agenda forward at the speed of light, if not faster.  Innocent Shia are tortured, prisoned, raped, killed, and denied their most basic human rights in number of Middle Eastern nations such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Bahrain.

The month of June left the Iraqi Shia with more than 282 Iraqis dead.  The killing of the Shia is growing every month, passing the number of the death in the month of May which was 132 deaths. The amount of the injuries in this month raised more than 700 Shia across Iraq. Attack on Baghdad’s Quraish Square killed more than Six Shia pilgrims on June 11th , while they were trying to attend death anniversary of the Shia Imam Moussa al-kazim. A second attack happened on June 13th, in the southern part of Iraq which targeted Shia pilgrims who were traveling to the shrine of Shia Imam Moussa al-kazim, killing more than 140 Shia and wounding 300 Shia.

On June 16th, while Shia pilgrims were returning, multiple explosions in the highway killed 18 Shia and wounded 140, and the unfortunate second bomb killed 16 Shia and wounded dozens.

Anti-Shia didn’t stop there. On June 19th, while families were burying their loved ones, another suicide bomber exploded himself inside the crowd and killed 20 Shia and injured more than 40. On June 20th two roadside bombs exploded in Baghdad market, killing 13 Shia and wounding 100. The last but not least massacre was on June 27th, as terrorist attacked Shia politicians in Baghdad killing 7 Shia and wounding 21.

These are the number of Shia targeted violences that have been recorded in Iraq.  There are many more that could not be recorded due to the lack of media or fear among people, fear of being captured, tortured, etc. These unfortunate events have become a part of the lives of innocent Shia in more than dozen countries around the world.

44 Shia Killed in Diwaniya and Karbala

karbalaAttacks on Shia by Anti-Shia terrorism are continuing in Iraq. On Tuesday July 3,2012 a small truck exploded in a market in the city of Diwaniya killing 40 Shia, and another blasts killed 4 Shia near the city of Karbala.

According to the sources the bomb that killed in Diwaniya was exploded near a Shia mosque where pilgrims gathered to travel to Karbala to celebrate the birthday of Imam Mahdi, this week.

Police announced a partial curfew and blocked all entrances to Diwaniya, 150 km (90 miles) south of Baghdad and 130 km southeast of Kerbala. Police sources say 75 people had been wounded.

 Earlier in the day, two bombs in a vegetable wholesale market killed four Shia and wounded 29 near the central Iraqi city of Kerbala, hospital.

“The bombing happened because of sticky bombs attached to two parked cars which went off separately,” .

Iraq’s al Qaeda which is supported by Anti-Shia Wahhabis has claimed responsibility for some of the recent bombings against Shi’ites.

This comes after the month June in which 245 Shia were killed and 754 were left wounded as results of car explosions.

Last month at least 237 people were killed and 603 wounded in attacks, mainly bombings, according to a Reuters tally, making June one of the bloodiest months in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew at the end of last year.

Seven Shia Killed and 21 Wounded in Iraq

iraq-flagShia in Iraq do not feel safe as long as Anti-Shia terrorist target them on a daily bases. The number of death in the month of June shows that the only target are Shia because of their faith.

On Wednesday June,27 2012, another attack targeted the Shia politician’s in Baghdad south of the Iraqi capital. The explosions killed 7 Shia and wounded 21.

More than 140 people have been killed in June across Iraq in bombings targeting mainly Shia pilgrims and shrines.

Late on Tuesday June,26 2012 a bomb attached to a physician’s car blew up, killing him and seriously wounding his daughter in Ramadi, a city 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

Last week at least 13 people were killed and more than 100 were left wounded when two roadside bombs detonated at a busy market in a mainly Shi’ite area of Baghdad.

13 Shia Killed and 100 Wounded in Iraq

iraq-flagThe international committee, fails to take action regarding the death of peaceful Shia around the countries. Every day we notice the discrimination toward Shia rising because of Anti-Shia money and power. Humanity is lost behind the massive effort that Anti-Shia terrorism put in to hide the truth from the world. Shia are getting killed because of their faith in Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain. It seems that freedom, humanity and rights of life are not important anymore.

At least 13 Shia were killed and more than 100 were wounded on Friday June, 22. 2012 when two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession in a crowded Baghdad market, Iraqi police and hospital sources say, in the latest attack targeting Shia Muslims this month.

A wave of bombings in June against mainly Shia pilgrims and shrines has killed more than 170 Shia .The first explosion struck Husseiniya, a market in a mainly Shia area on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, where people were shopping for groceries and other goods..

The second blast followed soon afterwards as security forces and civilians gathered to tend to the casualties from the first.

In the northern city of Samarra, home to a key Shia shrine, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near the entrance of the city, killing one Shia and wounding 10 others.

Shia Rights Watch Condemns Violence Against Indonesian Shia

Indonesia_flagShia Rights Watch strongly condemns violence a that targeting Shia Muslim in Indonesia.The organization emphasizes to respect the rights of religious and ethnical minorities and to stop attacking them under any proclaims or reasons.

According to Media, Anti-Shia group has killed a number of Shia civilians and burned their houses in Sampang in Indonesia.Eye witnesses report that the Anti-Shia group slaughtered some Shia Muslims and injured 7 others before burning 10 of their houses.

Shia in Indonesia was targeted before in the month of Moharram (Prophet Mohammad grandson) by Anti Shia terrorist and displaced to the other sites.Shia Rights Watch urge Indonesia authorities to protect the life of its Shia civilians and justly confront such violent Anti Shia terrorist group.

It is the rights of the citizens of any country to practice their faith with the protection of the government and respect their believes. Shia rights watch ask the government of Indonesia to protect and support the freedom of religion in the country.

15 Shia Killed in Suicide Bomb at Iraqi Funeral

www.shiarightswatchA wave of bombings in June on Shi’ite pilgrims and religious sites has killed more than 150 Shia.

On Monday June 19, 2012 , an anti-Shia exploded himself in a funeral killing 15 Shia and wounding more than 40 Shia. The number of Shia killed in the month of June is increasing and no one is taking action toward stopping inhumane crime against Shia.

Violence is increasing again in the country with majority Shia population and  the international community is silence due to the support of Anti-Shia terrorism. It has become clear that humanity is supported in the interest of a countries amount of oil and  money in buying the media in order to hide the truth about Shia massacre .

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