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 ...

BEIRUT — The Gaza war has pushed together powerful Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitaries with militant Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in religious ...

Pakistan's northwest has been the scene of sporadic bursts of sectarian violence for decades. In the latest flareup, over 80 people were killed in clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

When Arab leaders arrived in Iraq last week for the Arab League Summit, they were greeted by a city determined to impress. Driving into the city from Baghdad International Airport, they passed the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Three people were killed on Sunday when fighting broke out in the Lebanese coastal city of Sidon between followers of a Sunni Salafist preacher and supporters of the Lebanese ...

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