The Middle East’s conflicts are not simply ancient religious feuds. They are modern political struggles shaped by history, identity and political interests. Here’s what you need to know about Sunni ...

The ayatollah’s killing on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has divided Muslims, mostly along sectarian lines.

Islam's schism, simmering for 14 centuries, doesn't explain all the political, economic and geostrategic factors involved in these conflicts, but it has become one prism by which to understand the ...

To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling significances of a major Islamic holiday, Ashura, coming up next Saturday ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has drawn rebukes from Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq. By Ismaeel Naar ...