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The tensions from the Kizilbash – and now Alevi – population in Turkey are still relevant. Erdogan, perhaps serving in some way as a modern-day Sultan, is seemingly exercising a revived interest in state adherence to Sunni orthodoxy.
Perhaps this relates to tensions with the Shi’i Iranians, filling in the role of the modern day Safavids?
The UN Human Rights Office reports that Iranian security forces are engaging protestors with live ammunition.
Amnesty International has verified that at least 106 protestors have been killed by Iranian security forces and Revolutionary Guard due to protests over fuel tax hikes. The real death toll is estimated to be around 200, and over a thousand protestors have been arrested.
All internet access in Iran has been shut down, and while the government claims the unrest has halted, leaked footage reveals that riots still rage in Iran.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-leader-newsma-idUSKBN1X60AQ
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the ruthless ‘caliphate’ of ISIS and former Al-Qaeda regional commander, was killed in an American commando raid in Syria.
al-Baghdadi made history when he announced the restoration of the caliphate from the pulpit of the medieval Al-Nuri mosque in Mosul.
A human rights group has testified to the UN Human Rights Council that the Chinese government has been harvesting organs from living Muslims (and other religious minorities like the Falun Gong) in internment camps. They claim to have solid proof of this allegation.
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