), also known as Masjid Ali or the Mosque of 'Alī, located in Najaf, Iraq, is the third holiest site for some of the estimated 200 million followers of the Shia branch of Islam. 'Alī ibn Abī Tālib, ...

Thousands of Afghan evacuees are still living at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Philly nonprofit AOPxSOLA has teamed up with Imam Ali Masjid in Pennsauken to bring donated items. A donation pack up for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While worshippers were performing Friday prayers at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque, a violent explosion shook the entire ...

NAJAF, Iraq — As thousands of Muslims emerged from Friday prayers, a powerful car bomb rocked the holiest Shiite shrine in Iraq, claiming the lives of more than 90 people and one of this nation’s most ...

The gold-domed mosque of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib — named after the slain cousin and son-in-law of Islam’s prophet Muhammad — has been revered by the world’s 120 million Shiite Muslims as a place of ...

NAJAF, Iraq — The U.S.-backed Iraqi interim government sent its national guard troops into the streets outside one of Islam’s most sacred sites for the first time Tuesday and threatened to kill or ...

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan, about the significance of the Imam Ali Mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf and the adjacent Valley of Peace ...