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Contemporary to the tenth Imam, the Abbasid al-Mutawakkil violently prosecuted the Shia, [10] [11] partly due to the renewed Zaydi opposition. [12] The restrictive policies of al-Mutawakkil towards the tenth Imam were later adopted by his son, al-Mu'tamid, who is reported to have kept the eleventh Imam under house arrest without any visitors. [13]
Abu al-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ruh Nawbakhti (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْقَاسِم ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن رُوح ٱلنَّوْبَخْتِيّ, ʾAbū al-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Rūḥ an-Nawbakhtīy) was the third of the Four Deputies, who are believed by the Twelvers to have successively represented their Hidden Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, during his Minor Occultation (874–941 CE).
The Global Imams Council (GIC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising Islamic leaders from all denominations and schools of thought.The GIC’s stated mission is to promote mainstream Islamic teachings founded upon the principles of The Holy Quran and Prophetic traditions, in line with the directives of prominent Islamic Seminaries and scholarly consensus.
The future al-Amir was born on 31 December 1096 as Mansur, the oldest son of the ninth Fatimid imam-caliph, al-Musta'li (r. 1094–1101). His mother was a sister of the all-powerful vizier, al-Afdal Shahanshah, who had raised al-Musta'li to the throne in 1094 and was the de facto ruler of the Fatimid state. [1] [2]
[3] [8] [9] On 13 Safar 1441 H (12 October 2019), King Salman appointed Sheikh Yasser as a permanent imam at Masjid Al-Haram. [1] [2] Believed to be the youngest Imam appointed at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, [10] he led his first prayer in Masjid Al-Haram during the Maghrib and Isha Prayers on Saturday, 13 October 2019. [11] [12]
Imams Online is a project of Faith Associates, a global consultancy, that aims to provide a voice for Islamic religious leaders. [1] Imams Online has been involved in counter-extremism work. [ 2 ] It is affiliated with Faith Associates which has been linked to the Home Office Research, Information & Communications Unit (RICU).
In 1974, Sharubutu was appointed the Deputy Regional Chief Imam of Ghana after discussions were held among Islamic personalities etc. [8] His appointment was done in consideration of his dedication to teaching Islam. He turned down the offer made to him but he was forced by some Muslim Chiefs to give it a thought. [9]
[24] Unlike the Imami Shi'a, who consider their imams to be religious leaders first and foremost, vested with infallibility on matters of doctrine, [25] the political aspects of the imamate were uniquely central to the Zaydi conception of the office: the Zaydi imams were recognized merely as knowledgeable individuals, whose judgment was ...