TEHRAN -- One of the privileges of the Islamic Republic, which is derived from the Shia mode of thought, is that it lacks the extremist thinking which has sprung up in today’s world in the form of Takfiri movements, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in an exclusive interview with the Jomhouri Eslami newspaper published on Sunday.
More than 200 Tajiks are fighting in various foreign conflicts, including in Syria, where some have been said to be fighting within the ranks of the Jamaat Ansarullah and Sabiri Jamaat terrorist groups.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday said two high-profile raids in Libya and Somalia showed the United States' unflinching determination to hunt down those responsible for terrorism.
Tehran, YJC. -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has shamelessly attacked Islam as a “fundamentally extremist ” religion, which could threaten future security of the UK.