(RNS) — In the sessions, Black faith leaders are schooled on the differences between Sunni, Shia and Nation of Islam sects and discuss the privileges Black Christians can enjoy compared to Black ...

Syria's minority groups are in a new era following the fall of the Assad regime. Syria is a diverse country with an estimated ...

Just weeks after the massacres targeting the Alawite community, Druze populations are now being attacked by armed groups — ...

Britain has an estimated Muslim population of about 2.8 million. Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in ...

Edited by Liam Stack Sunni rebels swarm a Shia mosque near the town of Jisr al ... This week more than 100 members of the president's Alawite sect, a heterodox offshoot of Shiism, were killed ...

A little-known Islamic sect is looking to establish its own state in Albania, equivalent to an Islamic Vatican City. There are over two billion Muslims in the world today, making up roughly a ...

I came from a Sunni background and he was one of the most respected Shia scholars in Kashmir ... In our divided times, where the faultlines of sect can quickly become chasms, Baqir Sahab embodied ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN)-- Seventeen people have been killed and 30 wounded in clashes between Sunni and Shia groups in villages in the Hangu District in northwest Pakistan, police said Saturday.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Sunni close SunniMuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim ...