Uh, isn't John McCain supposed to be the guy who knows who's what in terms of foreign policy, and specifically in the Middle East? So how it is exactly he thinks that Iran is arming al Qaeda? During a ...

It has come to this: the hatred between Iraq’s warring sects is now so toxic, it contaminates even the memory of a shining moment of goodwill. On Aug. 31, 2005, a stampede among Shi’ite pilgrims on a ...

Re your March 12 cover story: as a Sunni Muslim in the U.S., I am often asked to explain the differences and disagreements between the Islamic sects. Your superb analysis has made my job so much ...

TEHRAN - “There is no difference between Shias and Sunnis,” Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said in a meeting earlier this week, an Iraqi newspaper reported on Wednesday. In a meeting with a number of ...

It is a problem that has been following Muslims for more than 1,400 years. It started with the end of Prophet Muhammad's life. The question of who would succeed Muhammad started as a difference of ...

Iraq’s top leadership is divided along sectarian lines, with the president being Kurdish and the prime minister usually a Shi’ite. The lower-level speaker of parliament's role goes to Sunnis. Sunnis ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ites, like their allies in Iran, fret that unrest in Syria could oust President Bashar al-Assad and bring to power hardline Sunnis eager to put their weight behind fellow ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi'ite driver Basim Mohammed sits by his dusty truck at "Friends Garage", an informal Baghdad transit point where passengers are swapped depending on their sect. Not long after, ...