DYK list

...that the Arabic translation of Borunsi sold one million copies in its first year of publication?
...that the Sahifah of al-Ridha is a collection of 240 hadiths narrated by Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, the eighth Shia Imam?
...that the earliest settlements of Shi'a in the Netherlands date back to the 1960s?"

... that due to the large number of pilgrims who visit Bahrain during Muharram (Muharram procession pictured), the country has been referred to as the "Karbala of the Gulf"?
... that The Fifteen Whispered Prayers by Imam Zayn al-Abidin contain different prayers to be recited in accordance with one's present mood?
... that Shia cleric Abdul Amir al-Jamri succeeded in uniting Shia, secular and liberal forces during the 1990s uprising in Bahrain?

... that the British wanted to destroy the Jama Masjid (pictured) after the Revolt of 1857?
... that Iran's Supreme Leader, Khamenei, is alleged to be the first senior Islamic cleric directly addressing western youth about his religion?
...that the Mourning of Muharram, observed by Shi'a Muslims, commemorates the anniversary of the death of Imam Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680?

... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
...that upon completion, the Mausoleum of Khomeini (pictured), under construction since Ayatollah Khomeini died, will have a tourist center, a university and a shopping mall?
...that the Amman Message was a statement issued by King Abdullah II of Jordan calling for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world?

... that the popular Shia Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr called for Saudi protesters to use "the roar of the word" in response to police bullets?
... that during the Iran–Iraq War, an Iraqi major told his prisoner Aboutorabi, "if Khomeini is like you, I will follow him"?
...that the Iranian missile architect Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam was known as the father of Iran's missile program?

...that the Mourning of Muharram, observed by Shi'a Muslims, commemorates the anniversary of the death of Imam Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680?
...that due to the large number of pilgrims who visit Bahrain during Muharram (Muharram procession pictured), the country has been referred to as the "Karbala of the Gulf"?
...that Muslim ibn Awsaja al-Asadi was a companion of Muhammad prophet who participated at in Battle of Karbala as a companion of Hussain ibn Ali?

...that Ibn Muljam assassinated the fourth caliph Ali at the request of his lover whose father and brother were killed by Ali's forces at the Battle of Nahrawan?
...that the supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali was recited by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, the fourth Shia Imam, on every night or dawn of Ramadan?
...that America can’t do a damn thing against us is a slogan used by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the former supreme leader of Iran for first time during the hostage crisis?

...that Du'a Arafah is a Du'a that was narrated by Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam of the Shia?
...that many Iranian women chose not leave their houses, and a few even committed suicide, to avoid removing their hijabs due to Reza Shah's Kashf-e hijab decree?
...that Narjis converted to Islam at the request of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, whom she saw in her dreams?

...that Ruhollah Khomeini, in his letter to Gorbachev, invited him to monotheism and Islam also predicted the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc?"
...that Al-Istibsar is one of the four major works of Shiite Islamic traditions authored by Shaykh Tusi, a Shia scholar?
...that Shia Muslims believe a future ruler of Yemen, named al-Yamani, will appear as one of the signs of the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi?

... that Sheikh Morteza Ansari's Makasib, authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in Shia seminaries?
...that according to the research of Zameer Akhtar Naqvi, the letter dispatched in the 61 Hijra by Hussain ibn Ali to the King of Rajasthan is still preserved with the royal family of Rajasthan presently settled in Europe?
...that Wahhab ibn Abdullah al-Kalbi was Christian companion of Hussain ibn Ali who was killed in battle of karbala?

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