Dr. Rasha Alawieh said she follows their religious teachings, not their politics. But what do we really know about Hassan ...

Shia militants, as we’ve seen, are crossing national boundaries as much as their Sunni counterparts to participate in a holy war. Sunnis feel under assault—from al-Assad, Khamenei, and ...

The Middle East is in the midst of ever-increasing tension, as conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia is spiraling to involve more countries in the region. Saudi Arabia severed all diplomatic ties ...

Britain has an estimated Muslim population of about 2.8 million. Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in ...

Ayatollah Khamenei is 84 years old and has frequently battled cancer. Before he dies, he wants to achieve a legacy: the dominance of the Iranian Shia state ... and the Sunni Jaish al-Adl (Army ...

The conflicts between Shia and Sunni Muslims go back to the 7th century and the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Yet a spotlight has been shone recently on the differences between the two religions ...

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 original inhabitants of this area are Sunni, though there were some people from the Shia sect. The Iranian government and the regime of the criminal Bashar al-Assad worked on igniting ...

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Shia-dominated Iran is an Islamic republic, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Islamic cleric. But the Iranian model of government - a theocratic state - is not supported by Shi’ism’s ...

Hassan Nasrullah was favourite of Ayatollah Khamenei Although Iran has been using Shia Houthis, Sunni Hamas, and Shia Kaitab ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iraq's top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, declared Sunday the first day of Ramadan. Only in Morocco, at the far-western edge of the Arab world, will Sunnis ...