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Thousands of Shiite pilgrims have gathered in Karbala, Iraq, for Ashoura, a holy day commemorating Imam Hussein’s martyrdom ...

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Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad ...

The anti-Assad forces, led by Hay’at Tahir al-Sham (HTS), a radical Sunni Islamic terror group with deep ties to al Qaeda and the Islamic State, appeared to take control of the government. The Taliban ...

Only a qualified jurist or mufti with extensive training in Islamic jurisprudence can issue a fatwa. In Sunni Islam, fatwas are decentralised and can differ based on the scholar or region. In Shi’a ...

TEHRAN - A group of Sunni intellectuals and elites from across the Islamic Republic of Iran have issued a powerful statement addressed to leaders, scholars, and youth throughout the Islamic world, ...

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