While the main responsibility of Sunni Caliphs was to maintain law and order in the Muslim realm, as descendants of the Prophet, Shia Imams (spiritual leaders) also provided religious guidance and ...

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women's rights ...

Determining which legal texts are "canonical" in Islamic law is a subjective exercise; to present exhaustive coverage would be impossible and, more likely than not, the result would prove frustrating ...

The declaration is designed to serve as the foundation for the interim period being led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a Sunni ...

Iraq’s justice ministry said on Sunday it has begun releasing some of the 67,000 detainees in Iraqi prisons after a recently ...

Sunni close SunniMuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims specifically set the duties out ...

his cousin and son-in-law and father of his grandchildren. The Sunni majority got its way, as Abu Bakr became the first Muslim caliph and successor of the prophet. Although the divide was at first ...