Photo: “Role of Shia in Culture and Civilization of Islam and Iran” author Ali-Akbar Velayati (R) receives a plaque of honor from Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization Director Hojjatoleslam ...

The centre is aimed at the 13,000 Shia seminarians studying in Najaf, and will house seven auditoriums, a library for 1.5m books and a Turkish bath; its teaching staff, says Mr Khoei, will be ...

Have those seeking to make sense of Middle Eastern politics by concentrating on radical Islam neglected the long-lived intra-Islamic confrontation between Sunnis and Shiites? If so, this book offers ...

I stumbled upon it in a new book on Middle Eastern politics: "Shia Islam and Politics: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon," by Jon Armajani, professor in the Peace Studies Department at the College of St ...

Sunnis and Shia is an important book. It is a challenging read but it has given me a much greater understanding of the sectarian schisms in the Islamic world that, dolefully, seem as intractable ...

The book traces the humble beginning of Shias in today’s Pakistan with particular focus on Punjab, where not a single Shia seminary existed in 1915.

Faith-based community enrichment and educating the ASU community about Islamic values are at the forefront of the Al-Mahdi Association, an organization created last semester to establish a space for ...

The great majority -- upwards of 85 to 90 percent -- of the world's more than 1.6 billion Muslims are Sunnis. Shia constitute about 10 to 15 percent of all Muslims, and globally their population ...

Were it not for America’s invasion of Iraq 20 years ago, the Shia resurgence might never have happened. Iran’s Islamic revolution in 1979 launched the project to elevate the region’s minority.