Since 1979, the Iranian regime has invested heavily in molding the Shia political identity around Khomeinism, reaching Shias ...

The hotel conference room was divided: men on the left, women on the right. The speaker, a compact, bearded man in a safari vest, had come to talk about current events and the Quran. In the weeks ...

Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni tradition. Iran is the ...

Louer takes a close look inside Shiite international networks and the efforts to control them, a struggle that pits the official clergy against a group that Louer calls the effendi: lay leaders ...

The Iran war is not merely a geopolitical conflict; it is a crucible for the future of Shia identity. For nearly half a ...

This article was published on Aug. 18, 2025. Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, ...