Violence against Shia Muslims

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Islamist jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate. Its membership is mostly composed of Arabs but also includes people from other ethnic groups. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets of the U.S. and its allies; such as the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the USS Cole bombing, and the September 11 attacks. It has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations and over two dozen countries ar

bombing which took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait

overview of the systematic persecution of Shia Muslims by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

genocide of the Kashmiri Shias by the Sunni elite

situation of human rights in the regions under the control of Islamic State

conflict in Eastern Saudi Arabia between Shias and Sunnis

Persecution campaign