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 division between Islam's Shiite minority and the Sunni majority is deepening across the Middle East. The split occurred soon after the death... The Origins Of The Shiite-Sunni Split Editor's Note: ...

It was another bloody weekend in Iraq, and the violence seems increasingly to be a product of sectarian and ethnic tensions. Resentment between rival Muslim groups continues to grow — some families ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- To the outside world, the two groups appear to have much in common: devoutly Muslim, fiercely hostile to Israel and the U.S., and high on Washington's list of terrorist groups. Yet ...

As Iran prepares for the charade of presidential elections later this month, old and new regime apparatchiks have announced their candidacies. They include former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...

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 ...