Mahdi
Iran
Brutal Imam Mahdi in Iran
Thousands of people have been killed in Iran in the name of the Child Imam Mahdi, who disappeared around 1,200 years ago
The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the rare states in the modern world whose power structure is centered on the concept of an absent and invisible Imam. According to Twelver Shia belief, the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdi, was born in 255 AH (around 868 CE). AtRead More
Khamini
The Despotism of Superstition
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was laid to rest after carrying out repression in the name of a child who disappeared 1,200 years ago
Around Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral, the world is now witnessing a grand display of state pomp, behind which lies a governance structure that, built on religious belief, has placed state power beyond civic accountability — at the root of that system is a child who disappeared 1,200 years ago. AllRead More