Almost 100 people were killed recently when a suicide bomber targeted Shiite Muslim pilgrims in Pakistan. Closer to home, a Sufi cleric's plans to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero have ...

Shia leaders in Iraq have been debating the appropriateness of adopting “velayat-e-faqih” in that country; ... Historically, Shiraz has been a center for Iran’s Sufi intellectuals.

A comprehensive Human Rights Watch review of Education Ministry-produced textbooks for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years found that some practices associated with the Shia and Sufi Islamic ...

In regions controlled by Sunni Islam, rival Shia Muslims may face similar accusations, with that equation being reversed in lands, such as Iran, controlled by Shia clerics.

Muslims participating in a mourning ritual in Basra, Iraq on August 5, 2022, in the lead-up to Ashura Getty images. It marks two significant events and is observed differently by Sunni and Shia ...

Albanian PM Edi Rama on Sunday announced plans to establish a sovereign microstate for the Shia Sufi Bektashi Order in Tirana. While welcomed by the order, the move has also been greeted with ...

Traditions and customs vary between Shiite, Sunni and Sufi Muslim communities and there are many ways that Al-Hijra can be celebrated. These include: Exchanging cards and gifts; ...

In contrast, for Shia Muslims, Ashura is a solemn day: it is a day of mourning, commemorating the anniversary of the killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, during the ...