Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

There are texts for each of the four surviving schools of Sunni law, but no Shi'i text available in translation. Ibn Baz, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah et. al. Islamic Fatawa Regarding Women: Shariah ...

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 ...

Witnesses and a war monitor reported the killing of hundreds of civilians in villages where most of the population are ...

Syria has issued a constitutional declaration that guarantees women's rights and freedom of expression during a five-year ...

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

The Iraqi government has withdrawn the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Retirement Law from Parliament, pending amendments ...

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 ...