Ayatollah Khomeini

40 years on: Khomeini’s return from exile and the Iran revolution

1 February 2019 • Opinions • No Comments

On a foggy Thursday morning on February 1, 1979, a chartered Air France flight from Paris roared through Mehrabad airport near central Tehran, carrying Iran’s most revered spiritual figure. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, an outspoken critic of Iran’s ruler Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was coming home after 14 years in exile[…]

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Why Al Quds Day will not liberate Al Quds

1 July 2016 • Opinions • 2 Comments

OPINION by Ebrahim Moosa Sayyidina Shadad Ibn Aws RA reports that the Prophet SAW said, “Al-Shaam will be conquered and Al-Quds (Jerusalem) will be conquered and you or your sons will be Imams there, if Allah wills” [Tabarani] Thus did the Messenger of Allah SAW prophesize to his esteemed companions[…]

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