Sunni’ clashes have jolted Pakistan’s Kurram, near the Afghan border causing chaos and claiming more than 130 lives. The ...

Last week, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, sectarian violence broke out in Pakistan’s Kurram district, resulting in the ...

The conflicts between Shia and Sunni Muslims go back to the 7th century and the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Yet a spotlight has been shone recently on the differences between the two religions ...

Britain has an estimated Muslim population of about 2.8 million. Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in ...

Notably, Saudi Arabia is governed by a Sunni Islamic government, while the majority of Iranians are Shiite Muslims, also known as Shia. Other countries that cut ties with Iran on Monday - Bahrain ...

At least 64 people have been killed in three days of clashes between Shia and Sunni tribal groups since November 21. Three almost-simultaneous developments during the Cold War played a role in shaping ...

In Pakistan, at least 10 more people have been killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during sporadic clashes between Sunni ...

The death toll in Pakistan's Kurram district rose to 90 on Thursday (28 November) as fresh skirmishes claimed 12 more lives ...

These developments have raised fears of oil-rich Nigeria becoming the latest battleground in the conflict between the world's two main Muslim sects, Shia and Sunni. On Monday, a court in Kaduna in ...

Pakistan government officials met tribal leaders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram after sectarian violence between Shia and ...