sects who went beyond orthodox Shia beliefs. Initially, Alawites were considered by Twelver Shia scholars as ghulat because of their extreme views, leading to their excommunication from mainstream ...

From a chocolate boy to a hunk, Shia LaBeouf’s journey in movies has been an adventurous one, especially for the audience. From his debut as a child artist in the 1998 holiday movie ‘The Christmas ...

Concurrently, sit-ins organized by Shia religious groups are ongoing in the cities of Lahore, Multan, Karachi, and Hyderabad to condemn the brutal killings of Shia residents in Parachinar by Takfiri ...

Gov. Tony Evers has extended the order for flags in Wisconsin to fly at half-staff until sunset Monday out of respect for the victims of a shooting last week at a Christian school in Madison.

As of December 20, 2024, several states have ordered flags to be flown at half-staff today and over the coming weekend. These gestures serve as solemn tributes to individuals who have served their ...

Florida State Senator Randy Fine has introduced a bill aimed at banning flags representing political viewpoints, race, sexual orientation, or gender from being displayed at public schools ...

At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag of Canada Day was ...

Senior judge was found to have committed misconduct Wrote essay calling justice’s flag-flying ‘improper’ A federal judge committed judicial misconduct in criticizing Justice Samuel Alito’s flying of ...

Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor in Springfield, Massachusetts, wrote in his May 24, 2024, essay that any judge with reasonable ethical instincts would have realized that flying a flag ...

Syria is part of the Arab world, but the al-Assad family is Alawite, a sect of Twelver Shiism. Iran’s regional influence exerted through the “Axis of Resistance”, its strategic network of non-state ...

In this critical moment, the Iranian mullahs salvaged Assad’s presidency by declaring the Alawites a branch of Shia Islam. This marked the beginning of a partnership that would shape the Middle ...