Article: 1st lead: Iraqi police enter Imam Ali Shrine: interior ministry

Article: Al-Sadr dashes hopes of early end to siege A defiant Mahdi army ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... defiance of militants inside the Imam Ali mosque. Despite last week's ... in London. A spokesman for the Imam Ali Foundation in London said that ... militants mocked claims by his interior ministry officials that Iraqi police had ...

Article: Distt (Sialkot): Protest against desecration of Shrine of Saint ...
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  May 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... shrine of prominent religious saint Hazrat Imam Ali-ul-Haq (R.A.) in Sialkot and ... rally began from the shrine of Hazrat Imam Ali-ul-Haq and concluded at the Allama ... their entry into the shrine of Hazrat Imam Ali-ul-Haq (R.A.) at Imam Sahib Graveyard ...

Article: District (Sialkot): Urs of Hazrat Imam Ali begins.
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  February 27, 2004 ;     456 words ... ... the annual Urs of prominent saint Hazrat Imam Ali-ul-Haq (R.A.) began here Friday ... performing Ghusl at the Shrine of Hazrat Imam Ali-ul-Haq in Sialkot City. Sialkot District ... also present on the occasion. Hazrat Imam Ali-ul-Haq spread the light of Islam in ...

Article: City: Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ali Naqi (A. ...
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  July 30, 2006 ;     670 words ... ... 10th Sun of Imamat and Wilayat Hazrat Imam Ali Naqi (A. S.) was observed as a part ... highlighted the seerat and character of Imam Ali Naqi (A. S.) and offered their pursa ... mosques and Imambargahs including Imambargah Imam Ali Naqi, Jamia Wali-Al-Asr, Danishgah ...

Iraq Imam Ali
AP Images;  September 19, 2008 ;     223 words ...Shiites mark the 19th day of the holiest month of Ramadan when Imam Ali was wounded, in Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Imam Ali died two days after he was wounded by an poisoned sword. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Iraqi Shiites attend a religious ceremony at the Imam Ali's ...
Getty Images;  October 4, 2007 ;     238 words ... ... Shiites attend a religious ceremony at the Imam Ali's shrine ... Full Size JPG (843 KB ... Shiites attend a religious ceremony at the Imam Ali's shrine in the holy city of Najaf ... holy city to celebrate the anniversary of Imam Ali's martyrdom. Today marks the second ...

Transcript: Interview: Shaul Bakhash discusses the significance of the ...
NPR All Things Considered;  May 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Bakhash discusses the significance of the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq Host: MICHELE ... Well, it is the burial site of the Imam Ali, who, for Shiite Muslims, is regarded ... little history lesson here. How is it that Imam Ali came to be buried in Najaf? Prof. BAKHASH ...