Deadly violence in Syria has once again spotlighted the Alawites, a secretive religious minority tied to Bashar al-Assad.

Syria is now led by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa of the Sunni Muslim Haya'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group, formerly the Al-Nusra Front, and proscribed as a terrorist group in the West.

It was only a matter of time until the Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) gunmen of Syria’s post-Assad interim government took into ...

In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his ...

Observant Muslims worldwide will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts.

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

Here is a look at sects and minorities in Syria, which has been destroyed by years of civil war following a 2011 uprising spearheaded by Syria's majority Sunni Muslims against the Alawite leadership.

Engineer founded Minorities Democratic Party to provide a political platform to followers of moderate Islam and Sufism, but ...

How do different Muslim communities observe Ramadan? The main variations include cuisines, and when to break the fast. Sunni Muslims will break the fast at sunset, whereas Shias will break the fast 10 ...