When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made up of ...

Sunni and Shia Muslims have lived peacefully together for centuries. In many countries it has become common for members of the two sects to intermarry and pray at the same mosques. They share faith in ...

News of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death sparked jubilant celebrations in Iran and across the Iranian diaspora. Yet for some Shia Muslims, it triggered grief and anger.

Correspondent SRINAGAR, Mar 1 Thousands of protestors took to the streets today in several parts of Kashmir, including Srinagar city, against the killing of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a ...

As the old adage has it, all politics is local. That might seem a quaint idea in an age of social media and global connectivity. And yet, as a study co-led by an MIT political scientist finds, it may ...

Saudi Arabia may have at first appeared untouched by the 2011 Arab uprisings, but the apparent calm belies a simmering crisis. Shia and Sunni sectarian tensions are arguably at the highest level since ...

Recently, The Daily Campus reported on an incident that occurred in early February, where turbahs — small pieces of molded clay many Shia Muslims use during prayer — that had been donated for students ...

India, March 3 -- To assume that there is no sectarian angle to the attack on Iran is to live under a rock. What started as ...

As Sunni jihadists and Shia militias square off across much of the Middle East, should nearby India be rooting for one side to prevail? On the face of it, the answer seems obvious. Sunni ...

THE DEATH in 2020 of Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the world’s longest-serving prime minister, prompted mourning in Bahrain, but also a ripple of excitement. His nephew, Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, ...