Muslim children show how they prepare for prayer by washing in a special way. They explain that this is called Wudu and show how to carry it out. The footage also shows Muslims praying together ...

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Mashhadani and another Sunni politician, Salem al-Issaw, raced again in the second round. The former won the top position after garnering most of the votes in the 329-seat parliament.

Authorities say they are working with tribal elders to broker peace after days of deadly violence in the restive Kurram district on the border with Afghanistan. A deadly feud between Shiites and ...

They each follow one of the two main branches of Islam - Iran is largely Shia Muslim, while Saudi Arabia sees itself as the leading Sunni Muslim power. This religious schism is reflected in the ...

BAGHDAD, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament elected on Thursday Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as its speaker, lawmakers said, breaking a nearly year-long deadlock over the position that ...

Daniel, Jan 2024. The Threat of (the Lack of) Social Cohesion: Preventing Violent Extremism in Lebanon. Middle East Critique, p. 1.

If you have been around for more than a few days, the rhetoric about never-ending Sunni-Shia war and mayhem is never far from the minds of western political leaders, think-tank inhabitants ...

The 10 were killed in an ambush in an area which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan and has long been the site of clashes between Iranian security forces and Sunni militants as well as drug traffickers.

She noted that the new appointee is a young official from the Sunni-Baloch community. The spokeswoman said Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh, a 44-year-old Sunni politician, was also appointed as deputy ...

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Muslim children show how they prepare for prayer by washing in a special way. They explain that this is called Wudu and show how to carry it out. The footage also shows Muslims praying together ...