GRAND AYATULLAH SISTANI CALLS TO IMPROVE IRAQI, ARAB RELATIONS

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The Supreme Religious Authority Ayatullah Syed Ali al-Sistani called to improve the Iraqi relations with the Arab and Islamic countries, especially Egypt.

According to the Shiite News Correspondent, Ayatullah Sistani office confirmed that after the visit of the Egyptian ambassador in Iraq Mr Sharif Shahin to Ayatollah Sistani in his office in Najaf on last Friday evening, that “The religious authority emphasized the Iraqi and Islamic identity of Iraq as well as importance of improving the Iraqi relations with the Arab and Islamic countries, especially with Egypt as well as necessity to improve the relations between the religious authority in Najaf (Hauza) and its counterpart in Egypt represented by the (Azhar).”

For its part, the Egyptian ambassador Shahin conveyed “regards of the Egyptian President Husseni Mubarak to Grand Ayatullah Sistani and discussed with him issues related to sustaining Iraqi security and stability,” according to the source.

SAUDI SHIA WRITER QUESTIONED FOR CRITICIZING THE SECTARIAN GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES

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Saudi authorities subjected Ahmed Al-Rebh lengthy sessions of questioning for his political writing and frequent criticism to sectarian government policy.

According to the Shiite News, sources informed Rasid that Qatif Intelligence Administration called Mr. Al-Rebh on Sunday and Monday for questioning that was continued for long hours.

The call for Mr. Al-Rebh is on the background of his writing in which he criticized the sectarian governmental policies against Saudi Shia.

Sources also informed Rasid that the authorities have ordered Mr. Al-Rebh to stop writing.

Mr. Al-Rebh has bravely requested UN General Secretary to send an investigating group to witness and assess Saudi Shia conditions where several Shia public figures are under detention and many Shia mosques are closed.

In his last article, Mr. Al-Rebh called the Saudi Royal Family to form a parliament and Shora assembly similar to Kuwait and Bahrain.

It should be noted that many other Shia writers were called for questioning by the Saudi Intelligence Administration.

QUETTA: SHIA PROFESSOR NAZIMA TALIB KILLED IN ACT OF TARGET KILLING

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Gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a woman university professor in southwest Pakistan, where targeted killings blamed on tribal insurgents, sectarian groups and militants are increasing, police said.

According to the Shiite News, Professor Nazima Talib Mehdi, 48, had just stepped into a rickshaw at the gate of Balochistan University in Quetta city when gunmen riding a motorbike sprayed her with bullets, senior police officer Tariq Manzoor said.

“She received multiple bullet wounds and died before she could be taken to hospital,” Manzoor said. “It was a targeted killing,” he said.

Reports suggested that the assailants chased Talib from the UoB when she had hardly covered more than 1,000 yards from the university.
With the conspicuous absence of senior police and administration officials, some personnel of police, on being informed, reached the scene and started a probe into the matter. Eyewitnesses said the police reached the spot after 20 minutes of the incident. The body of the deceased was shifted to the Civil Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Assistant Professor Nazima Talib, 48, was associated with the Mass Communication department of the University of Balochistan  for over 25 years, and was a popular faculty member in the varsity.

It may be noted here that more than One dozen Shia people died in targeted killings in the province in April  but the Provincial Government was failed to arrest a single terrorists involved in sectarian target killing of Shia Muslims.