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 ...

The conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims remains one of the central features shaping the political and religious dynamics of the Middle East. Rooted in Islamic history since the 7th century ...

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 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 ...

Trying to make sense of the increasingly acute Sunni-Shia schism, British-Iraqi documentary ... shy away from some of the more sensitive and controversial points of contention between the two ...

Meanwhile, both Shia and Sunni religious leaders and organisations ... After a video showing the reciting of the controversial verses before a religious gathering here went viral, many people ...

Syria is the only Middle Eastern country that has a majority Sunni population but is ruled by a Shiite minority. The Assads, who took power in 1970, are Alawites, a subsect of Shia Islam that ...

Their action so deep inside the Sunni heartlands would raise fears of sectarian repercussions. But the collapse at Ramadi left Mr Abadi with no choice but to give the green light for the Shia ...

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Srinagar- Religious scholars from both the Shia and Sunni communities in Jammu & Kashmir have called for maintaining peace and sectarian unity following a controversy ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s governing coalition will meet on Saturday amid a disagreement between the country’s top judicial authorities over the implementation of three controversial laws ...