Still, the crux of the matter was about Muhammad’s intent: Shia Muslims believe Muhammad explicitly appointed Ali the leader of the ummah before he died. Muhammad established early Islam in Arabia ...

Britain has an estimated Muslim population of about 2.8 million. Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in ...

Notably, Saudi Arabia is governed by a Sunni Islamic government, while the majority of Iranians are Shiite Muslims, also known as Shia. Other countries that cut ties with Iran on Monday - Bahrain ...

A Shia Muslim judge abducted in eastern Saudi Arabia a year ago has been killed by his kidnappers, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Monday. Sheikh Mohammed al-Jirani disappeared last ...

Beginning as an Arab Spring protest movement ... Do you have information or a 1st hand account of the burning of #shia religious sites in Idlib? //t.co/pLQdPKdf #WatchingSyria #Syria @NuffSilence ...

For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.