Bahrain Shiite opposition head Salman in interview

Bahrain Shiite opposition head Salman in interview

MANAMA, Bahrain - Ali Salman, head of Bahrain's main Shiite opposition Al Wefaq, gives an interview in Manama, Bahrain, in November 2014. Pro-government Sunnis dominated the late November parliamentary elections for the lower house in Bahrain, the first full-fledged elections since the uprising in 2011.

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

QATANA, Syria - A boy (L) supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad looks anguished in an Alawi village in the Damascus suburb of Qatana on June 10, 2012. The Syrian crisis, triggered by antigovernment protests and the regime's crackdowns on them, has recently been turning to hostility and violent attacks between the Sunnis, who make up 70 percent of the Syrian population and mostly oppose the regime, and the Alawis, who comprise 12 percent of the population and are in control under the regime of President al-Assad.

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

QATANA, Syria - Boys shout slogans in support of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an Alawi village in the Damascus suburb of Qatana on June 10, 2012. The Syrian crisis, triggered by antigovernment protests and the regime's crackdowns on them, has recently been turning to hostility and violent attacks between the Sunnis, who make up 70 percent of the Syrian population and mostly oppose the regime, and the Alawis, who comprise 12 percent of the population and are in control under the regime of President al-Assad.

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

QATANA, Syria - A woman (R) supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells a U.N. monitor (L) about deteriorated safety in her Alawi village due to shooting incidents aimed at the school and houses in the Damascus suburb of Qatana on June 10, 2012. The Syrian crisis, triggered by antigovernment protests and the regime's crackdowns on them, has recently been turning to hostility and violent attacks between the Sunnis, who make up 70 percent of the Syrian population and mostly oppose the regime, and the Alawis, who comprise 12 percent of the population and are in control under the regime of President al-Assad.

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

Alawi village in support of Syrian president

QATANA, Syria - Children express support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with a boy holding an image of him, in an Alawi village in the Damascus suburb of Qatana on June 10, 2012. The Syrian crisis, triggered by antigovernment protests and the regime's crackdowns on them, has recently been turning to hostility and violent attacks between the Sunnis, who make up 70 percent of the Syrian population and mostly oppose the regime, and the Alawis, who comprise 12 percent of the population and are in control under the regime of President al-Assad.

Various religious leaders join hands against violence

Various religious leaders join hands against violence

KYOTO, Japan - More than a dozen Muslim leaders, including Sunnis and Shiites, issue a joint statement calling for peace in Iraq at the World Conference of Religions for Peace in Kyoto on Aug. 29 before the closing ceremony for the four-day meeting.

Kabul rejects Washington's report on religious freedom restriction

STORY: Kabul rejects Washington's report on religious freedom restriction DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Presidential Palace in Kabul 2. various of Kabul STORYLINE: The Taliban-run caretaker administration has said Washington's report on deteriorating religious freedom in Afghanistan was utterly incorrect. "The religious and civil rights of all minorities in Afghanistan are protected. In this regard, the State Department's report is incomplete and based on false information. All our Sunnis, Shiites, Sikhs and Hindus practice their religion freely. We reject the State Dept. report," the administration's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter on Sunday. In its annual report released recently, the U.S. State Department accused Afghanistan's new rulers of violating human rights, asserting that situation for religious freedom in Afghanistan has been deteriorating since the Taliban's takeover of the country in August last

Various religious leaders join hands against violence

Various religious leaders join hands against violence

KYOTO, Japan - More than a dozen Muslim leaders, including Sunnis and Shiites, issue a joint statement calling for peace in Iraq at the World Conference of Religions for Peace in Kyoto on Aug. 29 before the closing ceremony for the four-day meeting. (Kyodo)