FILE PHOTO: A child looks on as a flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers is seen, on the day Khaled Brigade, a part of Hay'at ...

A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the Supreme Court ...

Shab-e-Barat, one of the most revered nights in the Islamic calendar, is observed by Muslims worldwide for seeking divine ...

Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art ...

The United States is a beacon for religious freedom. That’s a regrettably rare thing around the world. Pew Research’s 2022 Report on Government Restrictions on Religion showed that restrictions in 198 ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...

enters the Al-Omari Mosque in the city of Daraa, the epicenter of the “Syrian Spring,” after 13 years in exile. In 2011, this Sunni scholar was one of the voices of the uprising against the ...

J.T. Pinna and wife Kaira Grundig, owners of Half Moon Rondout Cafe in Kingston. Pinna’s podcast reaches millions. (Photo by Rokosz Most) With a glance. With a wince. With a scowl. With a shake of the ...

The behavior of Saudi Arabia’s most powerful prince invites a peculiar fascination. Mohammed Bin Salman, 39, effectively runs the oil-rich state as his 89-year-old father Salman ails.

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...