According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However, a disagreement emerged soon afterward about the prophet’s death regarding ...

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

This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed that Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’ ...

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 ...

On a normal day, it's bustling with Shiite pilgrims and worshipers. When the Sunni opposition toppled Bashar al-Assad's government in December, some of Syria's tiny Shiite minority feared that ...

On a normal day, it's bustling with Shiite pilgrims and worshipers. When the Sunni opposition toppled Bashar al-Assad's government in December, some of Syria's tiny Shiite minority feared that ...

Lebanese troops deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite areas of Beirut late Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people wounded and several cars and shops smashed. According ...