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Oman mosque attack: Islamic State claims responsibility, but why does the group attack mosques?

The Islamic State’s history of targeting Shi’ite mosques is attributed largely to its stringent Sunni ideology, which labels Shi’ites as heretical. Image used for representational purpose/Reuters Terrorist group Islamic State confirmed its responsibility for the attack on Tuesday’s attack on Shi’ite mosque in Oman. This theological schism has fueled numerous attacks, particularly during significant Shi’ite observances such as the Muharram …

The Islamic State group claimed two bomb blasts aboard minibuses that killed at least nine people Thursday in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif, a week after a deadly explosion at a Shiite mosque in the northern city. The number of violent public attacks across Afghanistan has fallen since the Taliban returned to power last August, but the Sunni Islamic State group has continued …

1 of the multiple blasts in Afghanistan hit worshippers in a mosque

1 of the multiple blasts in Afghanistan hit worshippers in a mosque Bomb attacks in Afghanistan have shattered a relative lull in violence that had held since the Taliban seized power eight months ago. It shatters a relative lull in violence that had held since the Taliban seized power eight months ago. HADID: Speaking to NPR's Kabul producer Fazelminallah Qazizai, …

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The Taliban warned the United States not to "destabilise" the regime on Saturday during their first face-to-face talks since the US withdrawal, as a deadly sectarian bombing raised further questions about their grip on power. As mourners in northern Afghanistan buried their dead from an attack on a Shiite mosque that killed 62, a Taliban delegation told US officials in …

IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens in the latest security challenge to the Taliban as they transition from insurgency to governance. It was the latest in a series of IS bombings and shootings that have targeted …

Suicide bomber kills at least 55 at Afghanistan mosque

A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 55 people Friday, in the bloodiest assault since U.S. forces left the country. In a statement released on its Telegram channels, the Islamic State said that an IS suicide bomber "detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd" of Shiite worshippers who …

Islamic State claims Afghanistan's Kunduz mosque attack, says it targeted Shiites

The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque in northern Afghanistan that killed at least 46 people and wounded dozens. The attack was the latest in a series of IS bombings and shootings that have targeted Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, as well as religious institutions and members of the country’s minority …