Shia identity is rooted in victimhood over the killing of Husayn, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in the seventh century and a long history of marginalization by the Sunni majority. Islam's dominant ...
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity; By Michael A. Cook; Princeton University Press; 960 pp., $39.95 “The text,” Ted replies. “OK, that’s right. But they never ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 25 people have been killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a lingering land dispute in northwest Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. The ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities with help from community leaders brokered a second ceasefire between warring minority Shiites and Sunni Muslims in a troubled northwestern region bordering ...
India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world's largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India's independence, Muslims have often faced ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Thursday, killing at least 38 people, including six women, and wounding 20 others in ...
Haveri: A national-level Sunni Training Ijtema religious meeting and lecture programme is being organised by the Muslim ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities with help from community leaders brokered a second ceasefire between warring minority Shiites and Sunni Muslims in a troubled northwestern region bordering ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities with help from community leaders brokered a second ceasefire between warring minority Shiites and Sunni Muslims in a troubled northwestern region ...