The Islamic Republic of Iran, meanwhile, is overwhelmingly Shia, with up to 95 per cent of nationals belonging to the denomination. Both countries are major oil producers but while Saudi covers a ...

An Afghan branch of the violent extremist group Islamic ... And this same group also said it was behind a shooting attack at a Shia shrine in Shiraz in 2022 and another one last year.

Hezbollah is a group from the Shia branch of Islam, while Hamas is Sunni. When the Syrian war wound down in most parts of the country toward the end of the last decade, Hamas and Hezbollah set ...

Here are five keys to better understanding the religious tradition. Ismaili Islam is a branch of Shia Islam. According to the Shiites, temporal and spiritual power is vested in the imams ...

Ex-Special Branch senior officer Mohamad Nadzri Mat Isa said he was aware of a ‘conflicting stand’ taken by his predecessor on the matter.

Iran continues to be the main threat for neighboring Iraq There are many reasons for this, some of them quite ancient For example, Iranians are largely members of the Shia branch of Islam Only about ...

Imran told CNN that the police suspect a sectarian angle to the attack since all those attacked were members of the Shia branch of Islam. The region where the attack took place is known for ...

A senior Iranian Shia Muslim cleric and member of the powerful ... Ayatollah Soleimani, who was in his mid-70s, was visiting a branch of Bank Belli in Babolsar on personal business at about ...

Ayatollah Soleimani, who was in his mid-70s, was visiting a branch of Bank Belli in Babolsar ... the official website of Iran's Shia seminaries, cited a witness as saying that the attacker was ...