Shia Muslims in Kashmir are divided over Id-ul-Azha moon sighting, leading to celebrations on May 27 and May 28.

Most New Yorkers know Zohran Mamdani is the first Muslim mayor of New York City. But what’s less known is that he’s the first Shia Muslim mayor — a minority sect within Islam. Most New Yorkers know ...

Faith-based community enrichment and educating the ASU community about Islamic values are at the forefront of the Al-Mahdi Association, an organization created last semester to establish a space for ...

(RNS) — It was at the end of a religious service in the first 10 days of Muharram, some of the holiest days of the year for Shia Muslims, that news broke about the series of killings of Muslim men in ...

BEIRUT — The Gaza war has pushed together powerful Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitaries with militant Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in religious ...

This is the prime rule in planning and initiating an attack on any adversary: Do not underestimate your enemy or overestimate yourself. In “estimating” the Iranians, it is essential to understand a ...

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014. In response, ...

With their Feb. 28 strikes on Iran, the United States and Israel have stoked Middle East conflict as part of a campaign that President Donald Trump said could last weeks or longer, aiming to cut short ...

The article argues that underestimating an adversary like Iran is a critical mistake in military planning. It posits that the concept of martyrdom is a fundamental aspect of Shia Islam, Iran's ...