Shia and Sunni Muslims in Lucknow, India, came together as one family to hold joint prayers for Eid al Adha this year. The Sept. 25 service was a grassroots effort by "Shoulder to Shoulder," a group ...

After 37 years in America, Cerritos physician Ridha Hajjar can recite a history of tough times for Shia Muslims, who predominate in places such as Iraq -- where they have long been shut out of power - ...

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court upholding the rights of women belonging to Akbhari Sect of Shia muslims ruled that they can offer prayers and conduct religious activities at the Ibadat Khana ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid, named by Islamic State sources as the suicide bomber who targeted the Imam Sadiq mosque, ...

Ahmadi or Ahmadiyya A religious movement that emerged in late 19th-century India around Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), whose followers believe he was a mujaddid (reformer) who showed the way to ...