The life of Imam Hussain (AS)

Shafaqna English— Shafaqna English- The third Shia Imam, Hussain ibn Ali (AS), is the second son of Imam Ali (AS) and Lady Fatimah Zahra (SA). He was born in 626 AD and named in a ceremony similar to the one held for his elder brother Imam Hassan ibn Ali (AS) in the

www.counterpunch.org—Life and Life Only. A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More

Shafaqna English—Political life of Imam Ridha (AS). Shafaqna English- The eighth Shia Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (AS), was born in Medina in 765 AD. His parents were Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) and Lady Tahira (SA) . He was given the epithet al-Ridha (‘the one agreed upon’) and his teknonym was Abul-Hassan. After the martyrdom of his

Shafaqna English—Social and political life of Imam Jawad (AS). Shafaqna English- Imam Muhammad Taqi (AS), better known as Al-Jawad (AS) (‘The Generous’), was born in Medina in 811 AD. He was killed by the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad in 835 AD. He was the Imam for 17 years. (Irshad) He was born at a time Ma’mun and his half-brother,