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 ...
Because Islam borrowed a great deal from Judaism and Christianity, it is not surprising that they too have a figure with a messianic complex—the Mahdi, or the Guided One. Muslims see the Mahdi as a ...
Organized by the Quranic program “Mahfel” (literary meaning assembly), the event was held on the eve of the Islamic Unity Week and in celebration of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (AS), the last of the ...