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During the Shia pilgrimage festivities to the mosque that lasted three days from 6 – 8 July various attacks in the city took place. The most deadly attack occurred in the hours before tens of thousands of Shia's came into Baghdad amid heavy security for the pilgrimage. Hundreds of tents were erected to feed people as they came into town.
Oman is predominantly Muslim, with most following the Sunni and Ibadi sects, and Shi'ism accounting for about 5% of the country's population. [1]The Islamic State has had a history of anti-Shia sentiment, including considerable violence against Shi'ites during the Syrian Civil War and the 2013–2017 conflict between Iraq and the Islamic State. [2]
The Shah Cheragh attack (Persian: حمله به حرم شاهچراغ) was a terrorist attack [2] that occurred on 26 October 2022 at Shah Cheragh mosque, a Shia pilgrimage site in Shiraz in southern Iran, in which at least 13 people were killed. [3] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. [4]
Several gunmen burst into a Shiite mosque in the Gulf Arab state of Oman and opened fire, killing six people and wounding nearly 30 more, authorities said Tuesday, stunning the peaceful sultanate ...
In Saudi Arabia, several attacks against the Shia Muslim Minority were reported, however, the suicide explosion in the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque is one of the deadliest attacks. [5] Reportedly 150 people were present in the mosque for Friday prayers. The mosque suicide attack killed 23 people. [11]
The attack, one of northwestern Pakistan's deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in recent years, marked a significant escalation in sectarian tensions that had already claimed numerous lives in preceding months. [citation needed] Sunni and Shia Muslims are in conflict in the region over a dispute over land. [6]
A suicide bombing took place on 26 June in Kuwait at a Shia mosque killing 27 people. The attack was claimed by ISIL. The Emir of Kuwait visited the location of the incident minutes after it happened. [28] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, and identified the perpetrator as "Abu Sulaiman al ...
The mosque sanctuary was damaged slightly and the mosque's turquoise dome remained standing. [1] The blast badly burned many worshippers and the resulting rubble buried others. [1] The mosque's imam, Sheik Saleh al-Haidari said the bomb was especially deadly as worshippers were just leaving a prayer service. [1]