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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 ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, ...

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

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