The shrine of a companion of both Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, and Imam Ali has been desecrated in Adra, Damascus, Syria. The shrine of Hujr Ibn Adi Al-Kindi was reportedly…

Saudi Arabia has said it will execute a Shi’a cleric for “blasphemy.” Ayatollah Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, a leading voice against discrimination of the Shi’a in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in July…

About 100 Hindu refugees in India protested atrocities committed against the minority faith in Pakistan today. The protest, arranged by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (Word Hindu Forum), was held outside the…

After 34 communal riots between Hindus and Muslims in the region last year, members of the two communities celebrated the Hindu holy festival of Holi, in the northern Indian state…

“The hijab — the Muslim headscarf — is a simple item of clothing that has the power to represent complex and even contradictory ideas — from tradition and social conservatism…

In August 2012, six Sikhs were shot dead in their temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The attacker, who reportedly had a 9/11 tattoo on one of his arms, believed that…

Although backed by the US, a UN Security Council resolution that would have hit the Syrian government with sanctions was rejected by Russian and China on Thursday, undoing four months…

Shiism, the largest Islamic denomination after Sunni Islam, has long been forced to take a second class position in Sunni states such as Saudi Arabia and secular, communist-inspired regimes, such…

Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah (the “Party of God”) condemned the arrest of a high profile Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. In a statement, Hezbollah said that Sheikh Nimr…