The local Shia Muslim community will honor Imam Hussain, a martyr who defended Islam with a small group of supporters against an Iraqi army nearly 1,400 years ago, with an event on Saturday in ...

Mainstream Shias believe there were 12 Imams. Zaydi Shias, found mostly in Yemen, broke off from the majority Shia community at the fifth Imam and sustained imamate rule in parts of Yemen up to the ...

Harvard does not have a University-ordained chaplain for Shia Muslim affiliates on campus, but some Shia students said it has not significantly impacted their experience at Harvard. Out of Harvard’s ...

His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, is dead. Aga Khan Development Network said the 49th hereditary Imam of ...

A dispute about who should lead Islam after Muhammad died ultimately split the faith into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shias. The young Muslim community faced a pivotal decision after the ...

James Hider, Baghdad correspondent for London's Times, explains how some Sunnis in Iraq are taking cultural cues from Shia muslims, in hopes of escaping the notice of Shia death squads. A name, a cell ...

Hazaras form a majority of the population in the central highland region of Afghanistan known as Hazarajat, and are a significant minority in the cities of Kabul and Mazar-i Sharif. 2 Most are Imami ...

Muslims particularly Shias consider Imam Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law and his cousin, as a highly revered figure and the symbol of justice and bravery; hence, commend him as a role model for men. On ...

Saudi security forces have arrested a Shia preacher in the east of the kingdom, charging that he "glorified" Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah online, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The Shia community of the city of Makhachkala in Russia, has issued a statement in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran.