Despite being a Shia Muslim country, Azerbaijan has strong ties with Israel. Meanwhile, Armenia, a predominantly Christian country, has strong relations with Iran.

Composition: The majority of Russian Muslims are Sunnis of Hanafi school of thought but there are also some Sunnis of Shafi’i school and Shia, Gaynetdin said.

And the only Muslim state in Nato, which just happens to be Sunni Muslim, is now being wrapped up in the Sunni-Shia war. What future Turkey? Well, we better not write it off.

The Muslim community in Russia is now 25 million people strong and continues to grow, Grand Mufti of Russia Sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin has told Anadolu Agency. The number of Muslims in Russia is ...

Vladimir Putin looks like a winner in Syria these days. In just three short days, Russian air support for Syrian military forces helped expand Damascus’s control toward Aleppo, a feat that ...

China has more Muslims than Syria, while Russia is home to more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined. Of the total Muslim population, 10-13% are Shia Muslims and 87-90% are Sunni Muslims. Most Shias ...

For Shia Muslims, Arbaeen is a significant religious event that brings hundreds of thousands of the faithful to the streets of the holy city of Karbala in Iraq. Literally meaning '40', the event ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with leaders of New York University's Muslim community about Shia and Sunni responses to the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque, N.M.

Harvard does not have a University-ordained chaplain for Shia Muslim affiliates on campus, but some Shia students said it has not significantly impacted their experience at Harvard.

Thirty-two people were killed and 50 were injured in the blast at a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan capita MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Russia condemns the terrorist attack on a Shia Muslim ...

Two staunch Shia Muslim enemy nations come together for Russia due to…, bad news for US as…, the countries are… Negotiations on this project have reached the final stage.