What caused the Sunni-Shia divide? The Sunni-Shia conflict is 1,400 years in the making, dating back to the years immediately after the Prophet Mohammed’s death in 632.

This concept is part of Twelver Shia Islam, the largest branch of Shia Islam. In theory, it holds that Shia jurists should have control of at least some social and religious life.

Rahim, 53, became the fifth Aga Khan and the 50th imam of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam, whose leaders claim descent from the Prophet Muhammad.

Twelver Shia (Ithnā'ashariyyah) is the largest branch of Shia Islam and the term Shia Muslim is often taken to refer to Twelvers by default.

Iran's nuclear obsession can be explained through three key facts: deterrence failure, religious incentives for apocalyptic ...

Over the past two decades, al-Houthi transformed the once-ragtag group — which is made up of mostly Zaydi Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam — into an Iran-backed militia that controls most of Yemen.

The Ismailis are a branch of Shia Islam, which itself is one of the two main sects of Islam (the other being Sunni Islam). Ismailis trace their lineage to Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar, the son of the ...

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 ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chose to make a public appearance on Ashura, the Shi'ite day of mourning.The post Iran’s supreme leader emerges from bunker appeared first on JNS.org.

The holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, located deep in the Shia heartland of southern Iraq, traditionally opposed the secularist Baathist rulers in Baghdad. They are home to some of the most ...