Eid: Muslims don’t always celebrate on the same day, even in the same country. Here’s why - ANALYSIS: Islam follows the lunar ...

Several Muslims worshippers came out to offer the prayers with black ribbons tied to their right arm as a mark of protest ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

There are two major Eid celebrations each year. One marks the end of the month of Ramadan, while the other takes place during ...

The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the ...

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries.

Backgrounder: Some experts say a "Shiite crescent" holds the potential to transform Islamic politics in the ... Vali Nasr writes in his new book, The Shia Revival, that war in Iraq will not ...

New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Shia cleric Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad ... that the government wants to make Hindus happy by harming Muslims, emphasizing that it will never happen.

Originating from Shia Islam, they have distinct beliefs and rituals. Historically, Alawites have been concentrated in Syria’s coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.

Middle East Eye, in its look at the so-called hero of the story, refers to Muawiya as a controversial figure among Shia Muslims. Muawiya was born five years before the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) ...

the Islamic month that precedes Ramadan. Doing Ramadan rituals and respecting the holy month shows that although Azerbaijan had been under communist rule for 70 years, the religious identity and ...