Imam Ali al-Hadi Mosque after the bombing (epa) Sectarian tensions in Iraq took a turn for the worse on 22 February when armed men detonated explosives inside the Golden Mosque in Samarra, home to a ...

A photograph of a commander in the Iranian-backed Imam Ali Brigade being honored by representatives of Grand Ayatollah Sistani demonstrates that even the ‘moderate’ segment of Iraq’s political class ...

Imam Hasan Al-'Askari (AS) was born in Madina, on the 8th day of the month of Rabi' Thani, in the year 232 A.H. Imam's name is al-Hasan, being a resident of 'Asgar a suburb of Samarra', he is titled ...

Imam Hassan Mujtaba (as) was the second Imam. He and his brother Imam Hussein were the two sons of Imam Ali (as) and Hadhrat Fatimah (as), the daughter of the Prophet. Imam Hassan was born in the year ...

UNDER THE GOLDEN DOME: The Iraqi city of SAMARRA is the site of two major Shi'ite shrines. Consecrated in 852, the Golden Mosque is said to hold the remains of two Shi'ite imams: Ali al-Naqi and his ...