To date, ISIS does not appear to have engaged in mass targeting of civilians, but its choice of targets – Shi’a Muslims and Shi’a shrines – has caused fear and panic among the Shi’a community, who make

Al-Qa’eda in Iraq claims responsibility for continuous attacks against the Shi’ite population and their places of worship – including the attack on the Al-Askari shrine in Samarra in February of 2006,

Armed Shi’ite groups are accused of having a major role in the sectarian cleansing that followed the February 2006 Al-Askari shrine bombing.

  Services at the major church and shrine of pilgrimage in the Karpas peninsula are prohibited except on 15 August and 30 November of each year.

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  In the late 1970s, a prominent group emerged under the leadership of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, based at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest Sikh shrine.

To date, ISIS does not appear to have engaged in mass targeting of civilians, but its choice of targets – Shi’a Muslims and Shi’a shrines – has caused fear and panic among the Shi’a community, who make