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 ...

Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed off on a constitutional declaration for a five-year-long transitional period ...

According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However ...

Aziz Ahmed had been handling the responsibilities of CEO for both Waqf Boards following his appointment in June 2024 as per ...

A multimillion-dollar Saudi TV production portraying the life of an early Islamic ruler has caused controversy in the Middle East, with Iraq and Iran banning the show and some clerics denouncing it as ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

PESHAWAR: Representatives of Shia and Sunni tribes from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) restive Kurram district on Saturday assured their support for the government’s efforts to restore peace in the ...

More than 1,000 people had been killed in the attack, including 745 civilians, 125 members of Syrian security forces and 148 Assad loyalists ...

Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...

For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority ...