Is there any hope on the horizon for a reversal from seemingly universal Muslim antagonism toward the “devious Jew” to ...

Saudi Arabia is set to transform the area around Islam’s largest and holiest site with a new project in Mecca designed to ...

Marwan Barghouti, jailed since 2002, remains the most popular Palestinian leader in polling and is viewed as the one most ...

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, clarified a succession plan after more than two decades in control ...

Al-Fawzan's appointment continues the kingdom's tradition of selecting the most senior scholar from the Council of Senior Scholars to serve as grand mufti. The move underscores continuity in the ...

Muhtadi​, a man accused of participating in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia has appointed a conservative cleric in his nineties as its top religious leader, state media said, sticking with ...

Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar ...

Saudi Arabia’s status as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina means grand mufti’s pronouncements closely watched.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s “strong condemnation” of the Israeli Knesset’s preliminary approval of two draft laws aimed at imposing Israeli sovereignty over the ...

Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Derian and Saudi Ambassador to Beirut Waleed Bukhari stressed on Monday the need ...

Sana'a held a massive state funeral for fallen Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Abdul Karim Al-Ghamari.