For Shias, Ashura is a day of mourning which commemorates the martyrdom of the Imam ... in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria. Since taking political power in 1979, Iran’s Shia ...
The majority of Shia Muslims believe there are twelve such imams in total, the last of which has been in hiding since his birth in the ninth century in what is Iraq today. This last Imam will ...
A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...
a little-known Shia politician who is part of the Badr Organization. You remember the Badr folks, or you should, because every Sunni in Iraq does. During the American occupation, the Badr militia ...
The Valley of Peace in Iraq covers an area roughly equivalent ... a cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad and the first Shia Imam. It is even on UNESCO's World Heritage Site tentative list ...
A video circulating on social media purportedly shows a renowned Iraqi Shia militiaman standing next ... The video has sparked wide debate in Iraq. The militiaman - who goes by the nom de guerre ...
chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through ... opposition groups and was in northern Iraq in February 2003 meeting with people who opposed Hussein's rule. A Shia Muslim cleric, Al-Husainy leads ...