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Pakistani Shia cleric Allama Nasir Abbas has been gunned down by unidentified armed men in Lahore. He was a leader of Tehreek Nifaz Fiqah-e-Jafaria-- a banned Shia organization. He was on his way home after addressing a religious gathering in Lahore on Sunday evening when he was shot by gunmen on a motorbike. His followers gathered at the hospital after hearing the news. They were chanting slogans against the government saying they will not bury his body until police arrest his killers. Meanwhile, Shia Muslims in Lahore have staged a sit-in protest since last night against the assassination of the Shia scholar.

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Cleric Underlines Significance of Irans Naval Presence in High Seas TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehrans provisional Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Sediqi stressed the importance of the Iranian Navys presence in international waters for the countrys security. Addressing a large and fervent congregation of people on Tehran University campus today, Sediqi said that such naval presence will repel dangers. Though free international waters are general, presence of foreign naval fleets may raise dangers for the country; so, presence of domestic naval fleets will repel the dangers he stressed. Last week, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the peaceful nature of Iran\'s presence in the high seas, but meantime said the growing might and power of the Iranian Navy, displayed through its presence in international waters, has worried the enemies of the country. Addressing high-ranking officials of the Iranian Armed Forces in Southern Iran on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to Iran\'s naval presence in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, Suez Canal and Bab al-Mandeb, and stated, \"This presence has made enemies nervous and worried.\" \"The strong presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran\'s Navy in the high seas is promising and inspiring for nations,\" the Leader continued. Iran has remarkably boosted its naval power in recent years. Early in July, Iran\'s Yunes submarine, sailing alongside warships of the 14th fleet of the Iranian Navy, returned home from an almost two-month-long mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The deployment of Iranian military submarine in the Red Sea was the first such operation by the country\'s navy in far-off waters. Iran has also deployed warships in the Red Sea to combat Somali pirates. The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen. Iran\'s naval power has even been acknowledged by foes. In a Sep. 11, 2008 report, the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy said that in the two decades since the Iraqi imposed war on Iran, the Islamic Republic has excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique asymmetric warfare against larger naval forces. According to the report, Iran\'s Navy has been transformed into a highly motivated, well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in control of the world\'s oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.

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The visit by the controversial Egyptian born cleric Yusef al Qaradawi to Gaza drew condemnation by many Palestinian people as well as Palestinian factions. On Thursday a group of Palestinians from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) rallied against his visit.They carried posters and chanted slogans in support of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Follow our Facebook on: https://www.facebook.com/PRESSTV Follow our Twitter on: http://twitter.com/presstv Follow our Tumblr on: http://presstvchannel.tumblr.com

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Prominent Egyptian Shia cleric, Sheikh Hassan Shehata, and four of his devotees have been killed in a brutal attack carried out by Takfiri extremists in Giza Province near Cairo. The attack was carried out on Sunday when a crowd of several hundred assailants attacked Sheikh Shehata\'s home and then set it on fire at the village of Abu Mussalam. Brutal scenes of the crime were posted on the internet late Sunday, showing men dragging Sheikh Shehata\'s bloody body on the street and beating him as the Sheikh chanted \"Allahu Akbar [God is Great].\" Dozens of other devotees who were at Sheikh Shehata\'s house for commemorating a Shia holy day were also injured.

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Syria\'s grand Mufti says Turkey is behind the abduction of two Orthodox bishops of the city of Aleppo. Sheikh Ahmed Badreddin Hassoun says the two bishops are alive and being held in Turkey. He says Chechen militants colluded with Turkish special services to kidnap them. Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo and Metropolitan Gregory of the Siro-Jacobite Church were abducted near the Turkish border in April. Rumors circulated that both of them were killed, however the rumors were later denied. The metropolitans were said to be working on resolving humanitarian problems in the northern village of Kafr Dael when they were abducted. The Syrian cleric believes their abduction could be linked to Ankara\'s requests for the transfer of the seat of the Antioch patriarchate from Syria to Turkey.