I am discovering more about Iran, and I am in Qom Huge thankyou to Syyed for showing me around this beautiful city! I'm ...

In the sessions, Black faith leaders are schooled on the differences between Sunni, Shia and Nation of Islam sects and ...

Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

Is it time to open the door to better relations with Iran? Historian Robert Kaplan says that geo-political necessities have given longtime enemies, the United States and Iran, some pressing common ...

Shia Muslims across the country have started a campaign to get the Saudi Arabian government to restore the mausoleum of ...

They would later be called simply Shia Muslims. Others are called Sunni Muslims, from the word meaning “tradition.” Thus, the ...

Sunni close SunniMuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims specifically set the duties out ...

Sufi groups have joined Shia Muslims in India in the campaign asking the Saudi Arabian government to restore the Jannatul ...

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 ...

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 ...

Central leader of Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan, Allama Maqsood Ali Domki, has said that the position of Shia Muslims ...

Lucknow: Muslim leaders from both Sunni and Shia communities have voiced serious concerns over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha o.