Tag: Sunnis

MAKKAH: For the first time in 35 years Saudi Arabia's grand mufti will not give a traditional hajj sermon to pilgrims from around the world, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

BAGHDAD: Iraq said on Monday it had made arrests as it investigates allegations that Shi'ite militiamen helping the army retake Falluja had executed dozens of Sunni Muslim men fleeing the city held by Islamic State.

TEHRAN: Two people in Iran were killed late Friday in a shooting attack on worshippers marking Ashura, one of the holiest commemorations of the faith, the official IRNA news agency reported.

LUCKNOW: Sunnis and Shias offered EId-ulAzha prayers together at a lawn in Lucknow, with many describing it as an unprecedented move for sectarian amity.

BAGHDAD: Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace...

SHANNON Ireland:  Saudi King Abdullah pledged in talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to use his influence to encourage Sunni Muslims to...

MOSUL/WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq's besieged government on Monday, and U.S. and Iranian officials held talks to...

An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some...