Public executions were held in Samarra's main market. Contractors, shopkeepers, even Sunni imams, were forced to hand over salaries to the militants. Ninety percent of the 40 or so fuel trucks ...

which itself is one of the two main sects of Islam (the other being Sunni Islam). Ismailis trace their lineage to Imam ...

While the main responsibility of Sunni Caliphs was to maintain law and order in the Muslim realm, as descendants of the Prophet, Shia Imams (spiritual leaders) also provided religious guidance and ...

Earlier in the day, nine people were killed in a trio of attacks that included the fatal shooting of a Sunni imam who was driving in Baghdad, police said. Sheikh Abed Farhan was imam of the Aqtab ...

The grand imam of Al-Azhar in Egypt, the highest seat of Sunni Muslim learning, warned on Sunday of the increasing prevalence of Islamophobia, calling for laws to combat it. In a speech to the UN ...

The grand imam of Al-Azhar in Egypt, the highest seat of Sunni Muslim learning, said Tuesday that Israeli massacres in Gaza reflect “catastrophic hatreds” and a complete lack of humanity and ...

Some Sunni Muslims believe that God has already determined everything that will happen in the universe. Only what God has decreed will happen to us. — Qur’an 9:51 Humans do not have the ...