A 19th-century Sunni sheik, Ibrahim al-Maghribi, decreed that Muslims might freely take Alawite property and lives, and a ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building ...

The Islamic Renaissance Front’s Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa says the publications only touch on Islamic history and the root causes ...

Alina Gufran’s debut novel, ‘No Place to Call My Own’, is marred by a clichéd theme and a protagonist who is hard to ...

The new Syrian government should be representative of all ethnic and sectarian groups if it wants international support. But ...

The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the ...

The latest killings have included a campaign against Syria's Alawites, which was triggered by an attack on new government ...

The Syrian regime’s brutal response to protests with bullets set this grim reality in motion: from the very beginning of the Syrian uprising (March 2011) ...

Discover the largest Muslim country by population, where hundreds of millions of Muslims call it home and live with its religious influence.

Syria's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Israeli strikes on the southwestern city of Daraa, which it said killed and ...