But the ruthless domination of Syria by Alawites for the next 58 years caused the country's majority Sunni Muslim population in 2011 to rebel, leading to a full-scale civil war that ended in ...

Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn ...

The belief that Assad's regime was sectarian simply because of his Alawite identity ignores that Assad's inner circle was predominantly Sunni (the largest branch of Islam). His vice president ...

Process vs. Promise A 5-year transition was promised ... Does the “Syrian nation” include all Syrians, or only Sunni Muslims? True sovereignty demands disarming foreign fighters, yet HTS’s reliance on ...

Alina Gufran’s debut novel perfectly captures the exhaustion of woman, especially those who attempt to make a living from art ...

Lucknow: An assistant professor at the University of Connecticut (USA), Asif Majid, along with Fulbright-Nehru scholars, will ...

This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

Major Muslim outfits of Bihar have boycotted Chief ... Five-day long Bihar Diwas celebrations begin at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan Bihar Sunni Waqf Board Chairman Irshadullah termed the boycott ...

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

home to Kurds of different identities — majorly Sunni Muslims, few Shia Kurds, and some Alevi tribes (not to be confused with Alawites of Syria) — is rich with history. The Ottoman rule at its ...

The title of Alina Gufran’s debut novel, No Place to Call My Own, is a dead giveaway. In case you guessed it to be a story of alienation, identity crisis, and the search for an elusive “home ...