About 150 million Shiites are spread around the world, most of them in Iran, Iraq, India and Pakistan. While the Sunni branch makes up the greater part of the global Muslim population of more than ...

In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

The Taliban follow an ultra-conservative Sunni interpretation of Islam. Yet approximately 10 to 15 percent of Afghans are Shia ... Most of Afghanistan’s population of non-Muslims also live ...

Assad, who had ruled over a majority Sunni population, belongs to the minority ... Sheikh Adham al-khatib, a representative of Twelver Shiites in Syria, said many from the Shiite minority felt ...

The attack was a key part of Al Qaeda's strategy to foment civil war between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq ... "When we discuss it with the population of Samarra, most tell us, 'If the Iranians ...

Assad, who had ruled over a majority Sunni population, belongs to the minority Alawite sect ... Sheikh Adham al-khatib, a representative of Twelver Shiites in Syria, said many from the Shiite minority ...