According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However ...

Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...

Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...

Around a quarter of the world’s population headed into the Islamic holy month this past weekend, with varying start dates ...

For nearly 2 billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time of deep reflection, spiritual connection and community.

Prayers for him poured in from around the world, from his native Argentina to the seat of Sunni Islam in Cairo to schoolchildren in Rome. In New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan admitted what church l ...

The developments in Syria are also a reflection of the titanic struggle between Shi’ite Islam, led by the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Sunni Islam, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey and ...

The holy month, during which hundreds of millions of faithful around the world observe a daytime fast, traditionally begins ...