BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite clerics joined Sunni preachers in a march of thousands of mostly black-clad men Wednesday, trying to keep sectarian passions in check after a horrific attack on Shiite pilgrims ...

The Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California doesn't look like your average mosque. The towering, majestic building — which used to be a Masonic temple — went up in Oakland around the turn of ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has drawn rebukes from Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq. By Ismaeel Naar ...

BAGHDAD — A memory from my first year of college, in 2015, is still etched in my mind: At a welcome event, my fellow students and I exchanged the usual introductory questions. What city are you from?

Rule by the minority Muslim sect is rare in history, but two premodern dynasties help explain Iran. (This is part three of a four-part series on Shiite Islam and the Iranian regime. Please click here ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The most influential politician in Iraq issued a veiled warning today to Sunni Arabs that Shiites would not allow substantive amendments to the country’s new constitution, including to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida ...