Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Three Sunni-majority provinces have declared Wednesday holiday in protest to the ...

This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed that Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’ ...

In 2011, this Sunni scholar was one of the voices of the uprising against the ousted President Bashar al-Assad. He was even nicknamed the “Sheikh of the Revolution” for his sermons calling the ...