IMAMATE. The Arabic term imam means in general "leader" or "master." In nontechnical usage it is often applied to a leading authority in a field of scholarship or to the leader of a community. As a technical term in Islamic...

An imam (Arabic: إمام, Persian: امام) is an Islamic leader, often the leader of a mosque. The ruler of a country might be called the imam, for example. However, the capitalized term or The Imam (Arabic: الإمام) has important origins in...

37 338 Dass Emre auf der Imam-Schule war, verschweigt er seinem Umfeld, bis ein ehemaliger Schulfreund, der im Sterben liegt, ihn bittet, seine Dorfgemeinde für den Fastenmonat Ramadan zu übernehmen. Mit seinen langen Haaren, dem Laptop und der Harley-Davidson wirkt Emre für einige...

On Feb. 23-24, ILDC hosted Shaikh Mwafaq al-Ghalaini (chairman of the board), Dr. Omar Shahin (president), and Shaikh Waleed Almunaisi (board member) of the North American Imams Federation (NAIF) at ISNA headquarters. Among the topics discussed were ISNA's programs and services for NAIF members...

The six imams who were removed from a US Airways flight after passengers reported they were acting suspiciously won't include those passengers in their lawsuit against the airline and police, an attorney for the imams said Wednesday.Attorney Frederick Goetz of Minneapolis said a motion to...

Imams, ministers and a rabbi staged a "pray-in" demonstration at Reagan Washington National Airport and asked an apology from US Airways for barring six Muslims from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week. The religious leaders called for an end...