For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.

Beheaded by a Sunni kingdom at the Battle of Karbala ... commitment Iran’s theocrats feel toward the Shiite cleric. If Saudi Arabia believes that beheading al-Nimr will advance its security ...

Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in Medina, in modern day Saudi Arabia. Muslims who wanted to select his ...

Saudi Arabia and Iran, with the island state paying a heavy price. Sunni teachers often refuse to cross sectarian lines to give classes in Shia majority neighbourhoods and view some areas as no-go ...

Saudi Arabia says it has broken off diplomatic ties ... accusing them of seeking to ignite a Shia-Sunni civil war across the world. He said the blood of Sheikh Nimr would “plague the Al Saud ...

Sunni Muslim-led Saudi Arabia and Shiite Muslim-majority Iran had long backed opposite sides in regional conflicts, including a grinding war in Yemen that precipitated one of the world’s worst ...

Iran and Saudi Arabia are recruiting and radicalizing local Muslim populations in Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.

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