A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...

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

For Shias, Ashura is a day of mourning which commemorates the martyrdom of the Imam ... in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria. Since taking political power in 1979, Iran’s Shia ...

Show portraying life of first Umayyad caliph banned in Iraq over sectarian tension fears and criticised in Egypt over ...

The Valley of Peace in Iraq covers an area roughly equivalent ... a cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad and the first Shia Imam. It is even on UNESCO's World Heritage Site tentative list ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

The Qurban sect, also known as the "Alla'hiya," has sparked concern in Iraq, particularly in the southern ... Judgment to restore justice and unity among Muslims. Shia Muslims believe that the 12th ...

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Verily, all praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His ...

One of the most corrosive modern conflicts is the ongoing violence rooted in tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims, as seen in Syria, Iraq ... Gusau is the Chief Imam of Nagazi-Uvete Jumu ...