The bodies of several victims of last week`s deadly shooting in western Afghanistan were buried on Tuesday, as mourners in Herat expressed anger over the attack and frustration over restrictions on their gatherings...

Injured people in Herat incident. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Afghanistan`s former foreign minister, stated that the attack on civilians in Herat province was a deliberate massacre rooted in sectarian Disagreement...

Sources say 12 people were killed and 20 others wounded in a shooting in western Afghanistan`s Herat province on Friday, April 10, in an attack that appeared to target civilians visiting a religious site...

These actions by the Taliban are pushing Afghanistan toward a closed, tense, and fear-based society-one in which even acts of worship must be carried out with the permission of those in power...

These actions by the Taliban are pushing Afghanistan toward a closed, tense, and fear-based society-one in which even acts of worship must be carried out with the permission of those in power...

Local sources in Afghanistan report that amid Disputes over determining the day of Eid, the Taliban are pressuring Shia religious scholars in several provinces to hold Eid prayers according to directives that conflict with their Religious beliefs...

Security personnel and locals gather at a blast site inside a mosque in Islamabad on February 6, 2026...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia` al-Sudani speaks as he inaugurates the Iraq International Qur`an Recitation and Memorization Competition in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 17, 2026...

A brain scan revealed Kim Kardashian had "low activity" after the reality TV star learned she had a small brain aneurysm...

Kim Kardashian says ChatGPT gave her inaccurate information when she asked for help with law exams...

Kim Kardashian says ChatGPT gave her inaccurate information when she asked for help with law exams...

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, stated that the attacks carried out by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) against minorities in Afghanistan-primarily targeting the Hazara community-bear all the hallmarks of international crimes...

Masood Rehman Usmani, leader of Pakistan’s outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba extremist group...

Armed attack in Shia populated -region of Herat, 5 killed and 3 wounded...

This image shows security forces inside a mosque following an attack in Afghanistan...

A Shia Muslim scholar says Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used the Ghadir Khumm event to enlighten people about the characteristics of a qualified leader that can be trusted with the management of a society, and thus the joyous occasion belongs to everyone in the world, not just Shias or other Muslims...

Both Shia and Sunni sources agree that, on a number of occasions, Prophet Muhammad (P...

Fatimah may not be an Imam but she is the mother of eleven infallible Imams and, without a doubt, the Imams owe their infallible characteristics to their mother...

Mourners from the Shia Hazara community carry the coffin of one of the miners during a funeral procession at a graveyard in Quetta on January 9, 2021...

This file picture shows Bahraini regime forces at the notorious Jau Prison, south of Manama, Bahrain...

Iraqi protesters converge outside the gates of Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone on July 5, 2020 to denounce Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat over an offensive cartoon depicting the country’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani...

Pilgrims gather as they mark Arba’een in Karbala, Iraq, on October 30, 2018...

‘SHI’A’ AND IMAMATE The term ‘Shi’a’ means ‘follower’, and now refers, conventionally, to the group of Muslims who, after the death of the Holy Prophet, believed that the function of leadership in the Islamic community was the prerogative of ‘Ali and his successors, regarded as ma’sum...

In one of the largest organized marches in the history of the world, tens of millions of Shia Muslims made an incredibly heartening statement, by risking their lives to travel through war-stricken areas to openly defy ISIS...

The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) on Sunday called on the national security council to draw up a new security plan to safeguard mosques and other religious establishments in the country following Friday's deadly attack on Imam Zaman mosque in Kabul...

Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences handed down to 14 Shia nationals amid the Riyadh regime's heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy activists from the minority population, a report says...

International rights groups say Saudi Arabia plans to execute 14 Shia civilians following grossly unfair trial over political protests...