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 ...

The religious differences that contribute to Iraq's sectarian violence have deep historical roots. We asked University of Michigan professor of Middle East history, Juan Cole, when the split took ...

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MINNEAPOLIS -- When friends Taqee Khaled and Hasan Hyder kick back at Coffman Union between University of Minnesota classes, they have plenty to talk about: classes, mutual friends, Muslim Student ...

Violence continues in Iraq, including clashes in southern Iraq between rival Shiite Muslim groups. In Baghdad, some Sunni mosques were shut down in response to calls from prayer leaders who are angry ...

Iraq's Shiite-dominated government pledges to crack down on sectarian violence, while bringing more Sunnis into the decision-making process. Continuing tensions between the Sunni and Shiite Muslim ...

A dispute about who should lead Islam after Muhammad died ultimately split the faith into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shias. The young Muslim community faced a pivotal decision after the ...

(Ashura was banned during most of Saddam Hussein’s rule and resumed only after his downfall in 2003.) “For Shi’ites, Sunni rule has been like living under apartheid,” says Vali Nasr, senior fellow at ...

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ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – Sunni political parties have nominated four candidates for the speakership of Iraq’s sixth ...

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 ...