Christians and other religious minorities in Syria fear the Middle Eastern nation has traded one oppressor for another since ...

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 ...

Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim political and military group in Lebanon which has been involved in a series of violent conflicts with Israel. It has strong backing from Iran and opposes Israel's right ...

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 ...

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.