NPR's Michele Norris talks with Shaul Bakhash, professor of Middle East history at George Mason University, about the significance of the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. Holes are visible in ...

Ali al-Naqi and his son, Hasan al-Askari. A second shrine marks the place where the hidden -- or 12th -- imam, al-Mahdi, son of Hasan, went into hiding. Imam Ali and Hasan were imprisoned in ...

The Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf was damaged when its golden dome was hit by gunfire, which could provoke fury among Iraq's Shia majority. American tanks moved into the vast Najaf cemetery ...

Muslims in Imam Ali's shrine in Najaf, Iraq Imam Ali (PBUH), the First Muslim, an intimate associate of the Holy Prophet of Islam (S) in the life and holy Islamic mission, the Immediate Successor to ...

Reports say the bomber detonated a belt of explosives at a police checkpoint. The attack occurred near the Imam Ali shrine, one of the most sacred Shia Muslim sites. A Sunni insurgent group claimed it ...

The artworks were installed prior to Eid al-Ghadir, Shia Muslims’ celebration on Dhul Hijjah 18, the day on which Imam Ali (AS) was appointed as successor to the Prophet Muhammad (S). On the way back ...

The shrine contains a spring where Shia believe the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, stopped to drink The landslide hit the ceiling of the Qattarat al-Imam Ali, which then collapsed on top of Shia ...