Ali al-Hadi

ʿ Alī al - Hādī to - Naqi (Arabic علي الهادي النقي born September 8, 828 in Medina; † July 1 868 in Samarra ) was the tenth Imam according to the beliefs of the Twelver Shia ( Twelvers ), and thus a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed.

Ali - Naqi lived most of his life under house arrest at his home in Samarra. He died on July 1, 868 He was probably poisoned, the Shiite sources refer to the Abbasid caliph al - Mutazz as an instigator. He left a son, Hasan al - Askari, who became his successor as Imam.

Ali - Naqi was buried in a shrine in Samarra, where later his son Hasan al - Askari was buried. This shrine is regarded by the Shiites as sacred. By a terrorist attack on 22 February 2006, the Shrine of the two Imams has been severely damaged.

Current satire and criticism with Imam Naqui

Imam Naqi is recently used by critics of the Iranian regime. Since May 11, 2011, satirical Facebook group is " campaign to commemorate the Shiites Imam Naghi ", since May 19, 2011 A Blog on behalf Naqis. Initial goal was to take through satire superstition from religion. The participants think that nothing and no one is too sacred to about to make a joke.

Living in Germany, Shahin Najafi released on May 7, 2012, the song Naghi, in which various evils in Iran addressed and is asked Imam Naqi " return ". Then, a recently published, undated death fatwa was based on him.

Through the song, the Facebook group has been very well known suddenly. The students in Holland Iranians Yashar Khameneh discussed from the start with brisk. He also linked his Facebook account with his real name. On 23 May 2012, he was called by his father, asked the Iranian authorities to cooperate and to give them the passwords for their Facebook and e- mail account. He asked the two administrators to delete the group, which they did not comply, and put out his accounts. Later, he was asked by his sister 's Facebook group his father to be released from Evin prison to delete it, but this is not in his power. In June, he said in an open letter that he did not know who controls the Facebook group. The US-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran keeps his story credible.