Ven. Jinwoo (R), chief of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, listens to Ven. Deungwoon (L), chief of Goun ...

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

Boris Fishman’s new book follows a family that leaves a war-torn country for a shot at asylum in the United States.

A Japanese court ordered on Tuesday that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the ...

A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an order to dissolve the Unification Church, upholding the government request for a ...

The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building ...

With a double-bye, the Crimson Tide will open SECT play on Friday night against either Oklahoma, Georgia or Kentucky. "Derrion was able to practice (Wednesday) in a limited capacity, but wasn't doing ...

The Assad family, which ruled Syria for more than half a century, are members of the minority Shiite Muslim sect, which lives predominantly in Sunni-majority Syria. Al-Kheetan said the killings ...

Have you ever wondered how Protestant denominations acquired their names? I'll tell you anyway. As a little boy growing up in Armonk, New York, I attended what I then called the "Epissabull" church, ...

A minority sect within Shia Islam, Alawites comprise about 10-15 per cent of Syria’s population. They primarily reside in the coastal regions of Latakia and Tartus. Their faith blends Islamic ...

Latakia's Alawite minority sect is from which the Assad family originates. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Gunfire erupts in a crowded street as masked men in the back of a military truck unleash a barrage ...