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 ...

Most New Yorkers know Zohran Mamdani is the first Muslim mayor of New York City. But what’s less known is that he’s the first Shia Muslim mayor — a minority sect within Islam. Most New Yorkers know ...

Faith-based community enrichment and educating the ASU community about Islamic values are at the forefront of the Al-Mahdi Association, an organization created last semester to establish a space for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAIRO (Reuters) -Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Oman, the group said on Tuesday, ...

The supreme leader of Iran for 37 years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on Saturday by US and Israeli strikes. When the news broke there were jubilant celebrations in Iran and across the Iranian ...

This infoguide is now archived. Sectarian conflict is becoming entrenched in a growing number of Muslim countries and is threatening to fracture Iraq and Syria. Tensions between Sunnis and Shias, ...

An Afghan Shiite beats himself with chains and blades in a ritual ahead of the Ashura holiday outside the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. At this shrine two years ago ...

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As protesters swarmed the streets in Srinagar after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, a slogan rang out, "Allahu Akbar, Khamenei rehbar (God is great and Khamenei is the leader)". It was ...

Altaf Hussain cries over the grave of his brother Aftab Hussein at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Aftab was one of four Muslim men shot and killed in Albuquerque ...

No one claimed responsibility but the blast bore the hallmarks of Sunni Muslim extremists blamed for a string of other bloody strikes against Pakistan's Shia minority in recent mo ...

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