Today, we want to be free.” Like him, many prominent Sunni religious figures have returned to Syria since the fall of the regime on December 8. Most of them are opponents of the former regime ...

The site in the Iraqi capital holds great religious significance for Shiite Muslims as it hosts ... month in a lightning offensive led by the Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

The site in the Iraqi capital holds great religious significance for Shiite Muslims as it hosts the shrine of Imam al-Kadhim, the seventh of the Twelve Imams of Shiite Islam, who died in the late ...

There are fears that this could lead to unchecked power in Iraq's two religious sects: Shiite (also known as Shia) and Sunni. Shiite believes that the leader of Islam should be a blood relative of ...

The amendment to the 1959 Personal Status Law allows people to choose between religious or civil regulations ... couples can opt for Shia Muslim or Sunni Muslim rules, and clerics and lawyers ...

which some interpret to allow marriage of girls in their early teens — or as young as 9 under the Jaafari school of Islamic law followed by many Shiite religious authorities in Iraq. Proponents ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The ...

The main road connecting Parachinar, which has become a battleground between Shia and Sunni Muslims, has also been closed for the past three months. In fact, there has been a history of heavy ...

BAKU, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Seven people went on trial in Azerbaijan on Tuesday in the latest of a series of cases against staff of independent news media, prompting accusations of a crackdown on the ...