According to Twelver Shiism, the state religion in the Islamic Republic of Iran, al-Mahdi (‘the chosen one’) is the ‘Absent Imam’. According to Shiite doctrine, Mohammed Ibn Al-Hassan Al-Askari, who they claim is the final Imam, was born in Samarra in 255 Hijra [869 AD], and is still alive, but in a state of suspension … Continue reading Al-Mahdi for Shiites, Sunnis, and the Khomeini Iran