The history of this small Shiite sect includes assassinations, persecution, and periods of adherence to pluralism.

NEW YORK (RNS) — Participants are often surprised when Asad Dandia’s Muslim Harlem tour stops at JC Barbershop in Spanish Harlem — only until he explains it was the headquarters of the country’s first Puerto Rican Muslim organization, the Alianza ...

India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced discrimination, prejudice, and violence, despite ...

Greater Houston has the largest Muslim population in Texas and the Southern United States, said Farah Lalani, a spokeswoman for the Ismaili Council for the Southwestern USA, including a sizeable Ismaili community. There are an estimated 35,000–40,000 Ismailis in this region, she added.