Salman Rushdie has come to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knows: by writing about it in a book. He ...

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The personality of Imam Abu Ja’far Al-Jawad (AS) possessed all the high ideals and lofty examples that any human being would ...

From his early childhood al-Imam al-Jawad had a special relationship with Allah, and in his position as Imam he answered the ...