A little-known Islamic sect is looking to establish its own state in Albania, equivalent to an Islamic Vatican City. There ...

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

A senior police officer said clashes flared after the Parachinar funerals between rival tribes in Kurram, 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Peshawar. Sunni and Shiite tribes targeted each other ...

Syria is the only Middle Eastern country that has a majority Sunni population but is ruled by a Shiite minority. The Assads, who took power in 1970, are Alawites, a subsect of Shia Islam that ...

ALBAWABA - Human rights groups announced that Iran executed five "political prisoners" after it claimed they belong to banned ...

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 story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has drawn rebukes from Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq. By Ismaeel Naar ...

Shia women praying at the Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran, Iran, on the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Although there are some important differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims ...