Syrian Alawites, linked by religion with deposed president Assad, make surprising use of biblical characters. This is a three-part series about the Alawite sect in Syria and the March massacre in its ...

As a result of extremist movements clinging to the concept of takfir (labeling someone as an apostate) from various angles ...

The Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, says the Nigeria Police are monitoring Islamic sects over Middle East tensions, warning that foreign crises could have repercussions in Nigeria.

Police raid the underground catacombs of a Russian Muslim sect based in the city of Kazan, in Tatarstan, and release dozens of devotees, including several children. Scores of adherents living in an an ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria has been killed in police detention hours after being captured by the security forces, a police spokesman said ...

Shi’ism is followed by 16 percent of all Muslims and constitutes the second-largest Islamic sect after Sunni Islam. The two denominations have been embroiled in strife since religious differences ...

Explore the Ibadi sects in Oman, their unique identity, and historical ties to the Kharijite movement. Discover their tolerant stance today. It was in the 7th century of the Christian Era many of the ...

Fred Saberi — After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Khomeini’s Shiite government sect was established, and the situation in the Middle East, Europe, and even the whole world gradually disintegrated, ...

An Islamic sect whose leader claims to be the new Pope and whose followers say he can perform 'miracles' is operating out of a heavily-guarded former orphanage in Cheshire. Abdullah Hashem Aba ...

BEIRUT: The Lebanese leading scholar Hani Fahs commended here today, the call by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for establishing a center for dialogue among ...