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Britain has an estimated Muslim population of about 2.8 million. Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in ...

The question of Sunni militancy, which stems from decades-long systematic marginalization of Iran's Sunni minority, has added ...

Lebanese troops deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite areas of Beirut late Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people wounded and several cars and shops smashed. According ...

For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.

The Jewish state can protect its neighborhood, but the Persian Gulf needs a superpower’s attention.

Media reports in Iraq indicate that Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani is among the key figures involved in ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two Sunni factions announced on Thursday that they have formed an alliance in preparation for Iraq’s next parliamentary election, expected to take place in October 2025.