In this succinct, probing survey of a major divide in the Muslim world, Louër explores relations between the Shiites and the Sunnis in seven different countries in the Middle East and South Asia. She ...

RIYADH (Reuters Life!) - History never really dies, at least not in the Middle East. Sign up here. The Fatimid caliphate, a medieval Arab Islamic empire based in Cairo, has been at the center of a ...

Sunnis and Shi’ites may disagree on some matters of dogma and some details of Islam’s early history, but these differences are small — they agree on most of the important tenets of the faith, like the ...

Muslim leaders are trying to strengthen Sunni-Shiite ties in the U.S., hoping to head off conflicts between the faith's two major sects and get American Muslims to focus on common problems. With ...

Soleimani’s killing is also roiling Iran – including some people who don’t necessarily follow military affairs – for religious and cultural reasons related to the country’s Shii Muslim history. Islam, ...

Here in the birthplace of Iraq’s insurgency and its later turnabout against al-Qaida, Sunni Arabs are pushing to get out the vote in an election they see as their best hope of restoring some of their ...

America’s new strategy for resolving the Sunni-Shi’ite crisis in Iraq? The Surge — again. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey sounds as if he were reading, opens new tab off the 2007 script, ...

The history of Islam pivots on the actions of the Prophet Muhammad's grandsons, Hasan and Husayn. This deep dive explores the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunnis in Iraq are studying Shiite religious history and customs to enable them to bluff their way through illegal checkpoints set up by Shiite death squads. Relatives and neighbors ...

There was a time when Mohammad al-Obaidi didn’t worry much about safety. As a barber in Baghdad’s gritty working-class Washash neighborhood, al-Obaidi would spend his days styling hair–for Sunnis, Shi ...

Last December, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) pulled a fast one on the New York Times when a Washington PR firm succeeded in placing an op-ed in the Grey Lady which it published in the name of ...

BAQUBA, IRAQ — In one of the most violent provinces in Iraq, two Shiites and two Sunnis kicked off their first broadcast of a new radio and television station on Sunday. Their message is one of peace, ...