The Shia crescent was stronger than ever ... Hamas, which originated from the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, was drawn to Iran due to their shared enemy: Israel. For many years, Iran has transferred ...

Indian intelligence is reporting no less than 80-100 foreign terrorists assembled on the launch pads in Jammu and Kashmir to ...

Trump’s Gaza proposal may not be viable, but at least we’ve moved away from the constant reiteration of the unworkable ...

This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed that Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’ ...

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 ...

99% of the country’s Muslim population was Sunni Muslims and the remaining 1% were Shia Muslims. There are also 4 lakh Ahmadi Muslims here. Even though Muslims are in the majority here ...

Pakistani security forces have demolished 10 more bunkers in the strife-torn Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as part of a peace agreement reached between warring Sunni and Shia ...

The Ismaili sect split into two branches in 1094. Aga Khan was the leader of the Nizari branch, which believes in a living imam or leader. The second branch – Musta'lian Tayyibi Ismailis – believes ...

Davos [Switzerland], February 5 (ANI): Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, passed away in Lisbon ...

Earlier, he had met religious leaders/intellectuals of the Muslim community and held detailed discussion with Sunni cleric Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali and Shia cleric Maulana Saif Abbas ...

Mumbai: Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named as the 50th hereditary Imam or spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, following the unsealing of the Will of his late father ...