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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?Mojtaba Khamenei has been chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader. This mid-ranking cleric, who h...
Who might succeed in Iran's theocratic system of power?Iran is nearing a decision on its next supreme leader following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. The Assembly of Experts, a body of senior c...
How succession works in Iran and who could be the country's next supreme leaderFollowing the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran is navigating a delicate succession. A temporary leadership trio...
As Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dies in US-Israel strikes, how will Iran elect its next leader? All you need to know about country’s succession processIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died following joint US-Israel strikes. A temporary leadership council, including the Pres...
How succession works in Iran and who will be the country's next supreme leaderThe death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has triggered questions about who will lead the country next and how the transiti...
Top influential conservative Saudi cleric who once headed judiciary diesAl-Luhaidan's ultraconservative views, though in line with the country's Wahhabi doctrine at the time, prompted his sacking in 2009 as head...
Saudi Arabia seeks religious reset as clerical power wanesChipping away at a key pillar of its Islamic identity, the government last month ordered that mosque loudspeakers limit their volume to one...
Iran: a powerful Shiite Muslim nation with regional reachHere is some background on a nation whose influence stretches from Iraq to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, but which is grappling with a severe e...
Yogi Adityanath warns of demographic 'imbalance', cites Census dataBJP MP Yogi Adityanath, who often stokes controversy with his remarks, has said that "high" fertility rate among Muslims could lead to demo...
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to visit China next month to seek investmentsChina is seen as an all-weather friend of Pakistan but the popular notion got a jolt when Xi skipped Pakistan during his regional tour of S...
Pakistan braces for anti-government protests, Nawaz Sharif vows to resistCanada-based Pakistani cleric Tahirul Qadri last night said his 'Revolution March' would go along with Khan's 'Freedom March' on Thursday .
Kashmir’s separatist block divides yet againHurriyat Conference, Kashmir’s main separatist amalgam that existed in three factions for many years, now has a fourth grouping, this one l...
Iran's Hassan Rouhani takes oath, Ansari attends ceremonyHassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric who was a surprise winner in the recent elections, took oath today as Iran's seventh President.
US, India call on Iran to seize momentJohn Kerry called Monday on Iran to "take advantage of this moment" following its election of a more moderate president to address concerns...
- Blame radical Hindu outfits for Srinagar cleric's killing, Lashkar told scribe
The army said it intercepted a Lashkar-e-Taiba spokesman's conversation with a Kashmiri journalist, asking him to plant a story about hand ...
- At Friday prayers, imams to slam terror
The fight against terror is now going to get a Quranic stamp and clerics are going to raise their voice at Friday prayers.
- Image doctors to rebrand Lal Masjid
Pakistan's Lal Masjid, whose radical clerics and students were involved in a bloody stand-off with the government, is all set to wear a bra...