Shiite or Shia comes from shi'at Ali, meaning followers of Ali, while Sunni means those who adhere ... of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "This battle is ours," Hezbollah chief ...

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 ...

The Middle East is in the midst of ever-increasing tension, as conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia is spiraling to involve more countries in the region. Saudi Arabia severed all diplomatic ties ...

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Mawlana Abdolhamid, an influential religious leader within Iran’s minority Sunni community, publicly blamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violence targeting Sunni Iranians during a ...

Shia militants, as we’ve seen, are crossing national boundaries as much as their Sunni counterparts to participate in a holy war. Sunnis feel under assault—from al-Assad, Khamenei, and ...

The conflicts between Shia and Sunni Muslims go back to the 7th century and the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Yet a spotlight has been shone recently on the differences between the two religions ...

These were said to be fighting to keep the Shia heartland safe from the Salafis and their brand of Sunni fanaticism. And this, it was claimed, was based on "Imam Khamenei's defensive doctrine," as ...

(AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme ...

Consequently, alternative Shia voices like Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani are poised to challenge Khamenei’s militant ... players by championing Sunni Islam. However, HTS’s jihadist ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran's Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urged Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani to take a stand against the United States' "illegal" presence in Iraq during a ...

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 ...