DUBAI (Reuters) - Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an inclusive society in a country with ...

It was another bloody weekend in Iraq, and the violence seems increasingly to be a product of sectarian and ethnic tensions. Resentment between rival Muslim groups continues to grow — some families ...

When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made up of ...

Since Iran is in the news and since Hazrat Ali’s birthday, or Wiladat-e-Maula Ali, fell on January 2 this year in India, I ...

In its latest restriction on religious freedom, the Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education has ordered all private universities in Afghanistan to remove religious books that do not conform to the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – A top Interior Ministry official said yesterday the 173 malnourished ...

A previously unknown extremist group has warned that "Shiite death squads" acting under Iranian religious edicts are preparing to attack Sunni Muslims in Lebanon. In an Internet statement, the group, ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In the four years since U.S. troops marched into Iraq, Baghdad, once a city where Sunni and Shiite Muslims mixed and intermarried, has become a maze of concrete blast walls.

BROOKE GLADSTONE: Since the violent extremist group ISIS began taking control of large parts of Iraq, a media narrative explaining its stunning rise has gathered force. It goes something like this: In ...

A clash between members of two Islamic sects for the position of Imam of Okene Central Mosque position in Kogi State has left eight people injured. The clash which reportedly occurred on Friday was ...

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