The personality of Imam Abu Ja’far Al-Jawad (AS) possessed all the high ideals and lofty examples that any human being would ...

Hassan was poisoned in 669 and Hussein was killed in battle near Karbala in 680. Ali, Hassan and Hussein became the first of the 12 imams who Shia Muslims believe are the divinely-appointed leaders of ...

I say this as an imam of the Shia community in Lebanon—the biggest threat to Lebanon and the Middle East is the radical ideology of Iran's regime. While a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah ...

Ali ibn Abi Talib is considered by Shia Muslims as the first Imam, the rightful religious and political successor to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Imam Ali (PBUH) is the only unique personality in the ...

Ali ibn Musa al-Rida, also known as Imam Reza, was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and the eighth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS). On the birth ...

The accession ceremony of Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V as the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims was held on Tuesday, February 11, in Lisbon, Portugal. The private religious ...

The local Shia Muslim community will honor Imam Hussain, a martyr who defended Islam with a small group of supporters against an Iraqi army nearly 1,400 years ago, with an event on Saturday in ...

Like many from Lebanon's Shia community in 1985, I joined Hezbollah as a young man. My generation was inspired by the revolutionary fervor radiating out of Iran that called for our people to take ...