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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]
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Following attacks included a school massacre in 2014 and another attack on a Shia mosque in 2015. [8] [9] Peshawar experienced "a relative lull" in the years preceding the 2022 attack, [1] [10] but there was otherwise "a significant increase of violence" along military outposts at the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months before ...
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]
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.
The Shikarpur bombing occurred on January 30, 2015 when Sunni militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban killed 61 people and injured 50 in a bombing at a Shiite mosque in the Shikarpur District of Pakistan's Sindh province. [1] [2] Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack. [3] [4]