No. Most of the Shiites in the Middle East and southern Asia are so-called "twelvers," who believe the twelfth imam, or descendant of Mohammed’s son-in-law and cousin, Ali, is the only rightful ...

AhlulBayt News Agency: A caravan of Shia Muslims from Uzbekistan has paid a visit to Imam Reza shrine on the ... Subsequently, Hoj. Seyyed Ali Farimaneh, a religious expert, created an atmosphere ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V has ascended as the 50th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims following the death of his father, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV. The ceremony witnessed both ...

as it's near the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib, 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, and it's visited by ...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V is a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter, Hazrat Bibi Fatima, and the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law, Hazrat Ali, the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph ...

He was the son of the first Shia Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib and Fatimah bint Hizam. His mother was the virtuous lady Omm al-Baneen Fatima bint Hizam of the al-Kilabiyya clan noted for its courage and ...

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