15 killed in sectarian violence in Afghanistan (Lead)

Sunni and Shia clerics across the city on Friday observed Quds Day to protest against the illegal occupation of Masjid-e-Aqsa in Palestine by Israel as well as the incessant attacks by Israeli forces that has left more than 800 Palestinians dead.

A protest by the shia muslims here against "corruption" in nominations for the Shia Waqf Board turned violent on Friday when demonstrators clashed with the police leaving several people injured. Senior Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Javaad, who led the ...

BAGHDAD: At least 27 people were killed in a wave of bombings in mostly Shia Muslim areas of Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said, in the deadliest day of attacks in the capital since a Sunni insurgency overran large parts of Iraq's north ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh capital has once again turned the battle ground for a Muslim sect and police personnel which left at least one dead and several injured. On Friday, Shia Muslims headed towards UP Urban Development minister Azam Khan's ...

New Delhi: More than 25,000 Indian Shia Muslims are on standby to fly to Iraq and defend its holy shrines, one of the country’s largest Shia organizations has claimed.There are more than 50 million Shia Muslims in India whose leaders have close ties to ...

The Tamil Nadu Shia Muslim Jamath held a press conference at the Thousand Lights Mosque on Saturday evening to clear what they referred to as media misconceptions on the war between the ISIS and Iraqi forces in Iraq which began a month ago.

Shia clerics in the city want Government of India to seek UN intervention in Iraq where Al-Qaeda breakaway terrorists, now allied with the outfit Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), have waged a war to dislodge a democratically elected government.

Militants have killed 23 Shia Muslim pilgrims in the Taftan area of the troubled Baluchistan province, officials said. Four of the attackers had also been killed by the levies forces after heavy exchange of fire, Home Minister, Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, said. The ...

Leading UK-based Shia and Sunni imams and clerics have filmed a video message urging young British Muslims against fighting in Iraq and Syria. They say their film is designed to be distributed online and via social media to counter "digital ...