While Muslims describe themselves as the followers of Prophet Muhammad, the holy Quran describes a Muslim as someone who ...

Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in ...

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present this testimony on the critical issue of religious freedom in Afghanistan. The human rights of ...

The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the ...

The residents of the Syrian village of Sharifa lay in puddles and rivulets of blood. . Most had been executed with shots to ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

The killings by the Islamists are fuelled by an ideology of religious sectarianism and extremism. Heading same as in ...

The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, described as one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and globally, has been killed, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on ...

The leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, "considered one of the most dangerous terrorist in Iraq and the ...

At the Thousand Lights Mosque, a Shia mosque, we had the opportunity to meet Agha Shabir, a Shia Imam, who shared insights into the beliefs and practices of Shia Muslims, who constitute about 15% of ...

Either of these conflicts could arise along any of the major fault lines in Iraq: Shia-Sunni, Arab-Kurd, or intra-Shia. Further, either of these contingencies could spark the other, as political ...

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and its allies shocked the world by overthrowing the Syrian regime in eleven days last year. This week, they overthrew themselves in ...