Read more Shia militia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25247/shia-militia.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 23:56:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72079/student-rape-murder-gang-shuts-iraq-u.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=303124&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331212811' border='0' />One of Iraq's leading universities has been shut down while authorities attempt to purge it of a sectarian student gang accused of carrying out a campaign of murder and rape. Professors, administrators, and fellow students have been targeted by the Students League, a shadowy group of Shia students said to...Iraqi students hold banners during a demonstration in front of Baghdad's Al-Mustansiriya University.http://www.newser.com/story/72079/student-rape-murder-gang-shuts-iraq-u.htmlTue, 20 Oct 2009 02:31:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22949/al-sadr-orders-his-militia-off-streets-of-basra.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=88927&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401015632' border='0' />Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to leave the streets of Basra and other cities, reports the BBC, in an effort to end clashes with security forces. “Anyone carrying a weapon and targeting government institutions will not be one of us,” Sadr said, but minutes after his statement...A pilgrim displays a poster of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as he marches to the holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq.http://www.newser.com/story/22949/al-sadr-orders-his-militia-off-streets-of-basra.htmlSun, 30 Mar 2008 17:15:00 CDT