On Thursday, more than 2 million Shi’a devotees will gather at the holy city of Karbala to celebrate the birth anniversary of the Twelfth Shi’a Imam, Imam al-Mahdi. This celebration marks the ...

When I first noticed my birthday this year would coincide with the birthday of the Twelfth Imam, a revered figure in Shi`ite Islam, the possibility of a scheduling conflict didn’t occur to me. After ...

One of the most important religious occasions among Shia Muslims is the 15th of the sixth Islamic month of Shaban, which is the birthday of twelfth Imam of Shia Muslims, Imam Mahdi. Mid-Shaban has ...

Most Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters would probably tell you that they're out to change the world, or at least the United States' marginal tax rates on high earners. But most of them -- one hopes ...

Shia Muslims hold the same fundamentals of faith as Sunni Muslims, with one main exception. They believe true leadership in Islam comes in the form of the Imamate, a quasi-divine institution unique to ...

“I HAVE this question for you,” says Abu Ahmed, a businessman with a grey beard from Iraq's southern city of Basra. “Why did the British and foreign forces come to Iraq? Didn't Bush and Blair invade ...

The 12th Imam comes back, global takeover, rules from Babylon and beheads and kills anybody who won't bow to Islam. This is why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is so important and what's happening in Israel, ...

Bestseller Rosenberg (The Last Jihad) has carved out a deep niche in conservative political fiction, vividly sweeping from 1979 Iran during the hostage crisis to a world-threatening crisis in the ...

TEHRAN Iranians in and outside the country as well as all freedom-lovers across the world marked the 12th departure anniversary of the Father of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Rouhollah Khomeini.