Muslim community waited the entire year for this sacred time of the year. The followers of Fiqh Jafaria (Shia Islam) adhere to their timings for prayer (Namaz) and fasting which are set a few minutes ...

Shia Ramadan 2025 is a holy month of fasting, spiritual reflection, prayer, and community for Muslims worldwide. It is a month to foster the essence of ... It ends slightly earlier than Sunni timings, ...

Discover the largest Muslim country by population, where hundreds of millions of Muslims call it home and live with its religious influence.

Once powerful under the previous regime, the Alawites now face retribution from rebel groups and the oppressed Sunni population ... Originating from Shia Islam, they have distinct beliefs and ...

Syria is under Sunni majority rule, the very scenario Assad portrayed as an existential threat to garner support among his own minority sect, the Alawites. They're an offshoot of Shia Islam and ...

A majority chose Abu Bakr, one of the Prophet’s closest companions, while a minority put their faith in his son-in-law and cousin, Ali. Those Muslims who put their faith in Abu Bakr came to be called ...

For over 50 years, the Alawite dynasty—an offshoot of Shia Islam—governed Syria, a predominantly Sunni nation. This rule, initiated by Hafez al-Assad (an Alawite) in 1970, abruptly ended in December ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has ascended as the 50th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims following the death of his father, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini A ...

Ramadan is celebrated by nearly 2 billion Muslims across the world, with different traditions in various countries and communities. Sunni and Shia Muslims, the two main sects of Islam, observe ...

For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.

The series highlights the story of Muawiya I, the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, which is considered the point of contention between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The Senior Scholars ...