I remember, during the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, seeing teenagers and old men being given green keys to Paradise and marched off to be cannon fodder for the Iraqi guns. When they were killed (or ...

Like many from Lebanon's Shia community in 1985, I joined Hezbollah as a young man. My generation was inspired by the revolutionary fervor radiating out of Iran that called for our people to take up ...

What is Shia Islam? From the succession dispute after Prophet Muhammad to Karbala, sects and global communities, here is how ...

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 ...

As protesters swarmed the streets in Srinagar after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, a slogan rang out, "Allahu Akbar, Khamenei rehbar (God is great and Khamenei is the leader)". It was ...

Mourning the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei amid the West Asia conflict, the Shia community in Rajasthan ...

Although a minority, Indian Shias maintained cultural influence through connections with ruling dynasties, balancing local ...

Bongo, who is the director of the Alhul Bait Islamic Foundation in Uganda (ABIFU), said the community will continue observing the fast until Saturday, when they will officially mark Eid.