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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
Shia group attacked by police in Gaza |
Shia group 'attacked by police' in Gaza BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A group of Shiite worshipers say masked police Around 20 followers of the Shia branch of Islam were performing a ceremony Security officers beat the worshipers with clubs, and took them for Several sustained fractures and bruises from the beating and were taken to The Gaza-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights said that upon leaving A Shiite man, who asked to be referred to as M. M., told Ma'an on Sunday "to "These rites concern freedom of religion ... we are Muslims like all the The Shia will continue exercising their religious rites, which they are Another Shiite man, using the name Abu Zeinab, said security forces Hamas officials initially refused to comment on the matter, and said Sunday On Monday, the Gaza interior ministry published a press statement denying "Police tracked an illegal group with corrupted views that were planning to The ministry also said Palestine is a Sunni country where Shiism does not "We respect all the doctrines around the world, especially the Shiite While vowing to study allegations of human rights abuse, the interior The ministry also called on the media to work for positive national goals. PCHR urged the Gaza government to open an investigation into "the use of The raid broke Palestinian laws on freedom of belief and expression, and a Meanwhile, M. M. told Ma'an that Shiites would "complain about Hamas to Abu Zeinab complained that Iran did not offer sufficient support for Shiites Hamas premier in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh is due to visit Iran in early February. |
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