At a gathering in Mashhad’s Imam Reza Shrine, senior clerics and Sunni scholars underscored unity between Shiite and Sunni ...

For centuries, the Islamic world stood at the forefront of science and philosophy, guiding humanity through an age of ...

The report quoted the Taliban’s minister for the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice, Khalid Hanafi, as saying ...

The answer lies in the lawless borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That is now the stamping ground of the Islamic ...

Alevi organizations and local residents have voiced opposition to the opening of a prayer room at a site considered sacred by ...

Alawites are a religious minority that lives substantially in Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. “Once elevated under the Assad ...

Six Christians remain imprisoned in horrific conditions in Eritrea since 2004, along with another arrested in 2005, all ...

Twelver Shiites believe in a continuous line of 12 imams, all regarded as descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.

Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيره‎ al-ğazīra IPA: [aldʒazi:ra]), meaning "the island" in Arabic, is a Middle Eastern news network. The name refers to the network's status as the only independent news networ ...

Hundreds of people were reported killed in July in clashes in Sweida province pitting Druze fighters against Sunni Bedouin ...

Syria’s electoral commission said Saturday that next month’s first parliamentary election under the new administration will ...

Scholars gather at Imam Reza Shrine to honor Prophet Muhammad’s legacy and affirm Muslim solidarity during final days of ...