Other images honor Hezbollah figures such as Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of the Lebanese Shia party, or Hicham Safieddine, his presumed successor, who was also killed in an Israeli strike.

Ad Policy Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December ...

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Alawite beliefs are quite distinct from mainstream Sunni and Shia Islam. Alawites believe in a trinity of sorts with Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Ali (ra) and Salman al-Farisi (ra) representing ...

Security forces launch operation in Alawite-majority Tartus region, erstwhile stronghold of fallen Assad government, after ...

Concurrently, sit-ins organized by Shia religious groups are ongoing in the cities of Lahore, Multan, Karachi, and Hyderabad to condemn the brutal killings of Shia residents in Parachinar by Takfiri ...

However, many liturgical differences were not resolved until the 11th century. It is a time for penance, reflection, fasting, and prayer. Greek Orthodox Christians worldwide observe a pre-Christmas ...

Eighteen percent described themselves in a way that in the American Jewish context would be Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox. Another 23% described themselves as traditional and 40% said they were secular.

The conflict has kept the entire country focused on external threats, from a multifront war in both Gaza and Lebanon to missiles and drones shot into Israel by Iran, the Houthis in Yemen and Shia ...

Authorities also discovered at least one skeleton of a minor. Lev Tahor is an ultra-orthodox organization, that moved to the village of El Amatillo in the southern department of Santa Rosa in 2016, ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of ...