Recently, some media commentators have argued that, rather than the product of a simple confrontation between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria and Iraq, the rise of the so-called “Islamic State” should ...

In an interesting new development, the New York Times reports that the Saudis are making a shrine for a violent, intolerant and bigoted sheikh, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in Dir`iyyah, near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders - and some Saudi liberals ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Salman could well dash expectations that he is gunning for a break with Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism rather than a shaving off of the rough edges of Wahhabi ideology ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool, File The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, or “MBS,” is bringing a new vision of a “moderate, balanced” Saudi ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders - and some Saudi liberals - as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East ...