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.

Shia and Sunni branches of Islam split over disagreements over who should rightfully succeed the Prophet Muhammad after his death 13 centuries ago. Religious divisions have helped fuel civil war ...

They are home to some of the most magnificent and sacred shrines of the Shia branch of Islam and are leading centres for scholars of Islamic theology. The fabled shrines and colleges were for a long ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ten percent of Moslems are Shia. Iranians are also ...

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 ...

Cross-examined by Norhayati’s lawyer, Surendra Ananth, as to the basis for the police’s categorisation of Shia teachings as “extreme”, he said it was done by the Special Branch director ...

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 ...