A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the Supreme Court ...

After accusations of illegal property  deals by the trustees of Minara Masjid, the Maharashtra State Board of Waqf has ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...

Even if Trump's outline fails, it might open a new round of regional talks about innovative solutions to the Palestinian ...

enters the Al-Omari Mosque in the city of Daraa, the epicenter of the “Syrian Spring,” after 13 years in exile. In 2011, this Sunni scholar was one of the voices of the uprising against the ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

and an appropriate setting for worship for both Sunni and Shia Muslims. The leaders say having one space also will help them deal with the constant needs of their community, which often take more ...

Inside the town, a mosque’s dome lay in ruins, surrounded by collapsed buildings, charred cars and streets strewn with twisted metal and broken glass. Despite the lack of power some residents returned ...

The main road connecting Parachinar, which has become a battleground between Shia and Sunni Muslims, has also been closed for the past three months. In fact, there has been a history of heavy ...

The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...

Gathered in a tight circle outside a mosque, the Baye Fall followers sway and sing at the top of their lungs, their voices rising and falling in unison. The flames of a small fire flicker in the ...