While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed ...

Each year, the thick, porridge-like soup is made in a large, communal pot with sometimes dozens of cooks taking part in the ...

The Caliphate Cyber Army has posted personal details of U.S. police officers online, including their full names and addresses. CCA ...

Millions of Muslims in Iran and across the world are commemorating Tasu’a, a day before the martyrdom anniversary of Imam ...

US forces working with Iraqi intelligence and security services killed a high-profile leader of the Islamic State in an airstrike in western Iraq, according to officials from the two countries.

The Islamic State has appointed yet another ‘caliph’ after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. What is the idea behind the caliphate?

The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington.

With five caliphs in less than four years, the Islamic State makes governments in the Sahel seem stable.

Militant group Islamic State's declaration of a caliphate in lands seized this month across Iraq and Syria is a message that the group has become a threat to all countries, Iraqi army spokesman ...

A report issued this week by the United Nations Sanctions Monitoring Team, based on U.N. member state intelligence, said there is “growing confidence” that the IS caliph is Abdul Qadir Mumin ...

The video is from the Hosseini Infants Ceremony, an annual ritual held on the first Friday of the Islamic month of Muharram.