The issue was never resolved, and the two major branches of Islam that exist today ... They would later be called simply Shia Muslims. Others are called Sunni Muslims, from the word meaning ...

The Ismaili community considers the imam a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. Ismaili Muslims are considered to be a branch of Shiite Islam. They constitute the second-largest community within ...

Backgrounder: Some experts say a "Shiite crescent" holds the potential to transform Islamic politics in the ... Vali Nasr writes in his new book, The Shia Revival, that war in Iraq will not ...

Dua of Sehr سحری کی دعا Dua for Iftar افطار کی دعا Shia Ramadan Calendar 2025 Rawalpindi is all about Rawalpindi Ramadan time including today Fiqa Jafria Shia Sehri Time at 04:39 AM and Shia Iftar ...

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost ...

Dua of Sehr سحری کی دعا Dua for Iftar افطار کی دعا Shia Ramadan Calendar 2025 Lahore is all about Lahore Ramadan time including today Fiqa Jafria Shia Sehri Time at 04:32 AM and Shia Iftar Time at ...

In Iran, where Shia Islam is the state religion and the second-largest branch of Islam, Ramadan begins on Sunday. During Ramadan, devout Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual ...

The Taliban follow an ultra-conservative Sunni interpretation of Islam. Yet approximately 10 to 15 percent of Afghans are Shia, and there ... interpretations of one branch of a single religion.

Violence is flaring across parts of western Syria, as forces of the self-styled Syrian transitional government have clashed ...

Police intervened to restore order, according to an ANP photographer on the scene. Alawites are a minority group in Syria that follows a branch of Shia Islam. Between 100 and 150 demonstrators ...