When police in Albuquerque announced that they were investigating whether the shooting deaths of four Muslim men in the city were connected—or even targeted—it set off panic from many in the Muslim ...

The twelve Imams according to Shia Islam are the twelve descendants of Muhammad beginning with Ali bin Abu Talib and ending with Muhammad ibn al-Hassan or the Mahdi. According to them, these were the ...

After 37 years in America, Cerritos physician Ridha Hajjar can recite a history of tough times for Shia Muslims, who predominate in places such as Iraq -- where they have long been shut out of power - ...

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 ...

(RNS) — It was at the end of a religious service in the first 10 days of Muharram, some of the holiest days of the year for Shia Muslims, that news broke about the series of killings of Muslim men in ...

In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, file photo, Rebecca Ishaku, a child displaced by Islamist extremists plays with a rosary as she is carried by her Mother Lucy Ishaku at Malkohi camp in Yola, Nigeria.

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The local Shia Muslim community will honor Imam Hussain, a martyr who defended Islam with a small group of supporters against an Iraqi army nearly 1,400 years ago, with an event on Saturday in ...

On Monday, Feb. 7, the University of Connecticut distributed turbahs for Shia Muslim students to use at the Islamic Center of the University of Connecticut and the wellness and meditation space in ...

The Islamic State might have lost its territory in the Middle East, but it intends to remain a potent threat to innocent people across the world. ISIS has just kidnapped and murdered 11 impoverished ...

Leo XIV calls Christian and Muslim leaders to reject intolerance and build peace, adding that Lebanon stands as a reminder ...

What are the major differences between Shia and Sunni Muslims? A significant root of the political maelstrom that characterizes the Middle East today is the Shia-Sunni breach, and hopefully these 7 ...