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Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay imam, is assassinated by two unidentified assailants while driving near Gqeberha, South Africa.
2025-02-15

Rahim al-Hussaini is named as Aga Khan V and 50th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, succeeding his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV).
2025-02-5

49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Aga Khan IV dies at the age of 88. His son Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini will be succeeded as Aga Khan V.
2025-02-4

The brother of the imam of the Great Prophet Mosque of Masyaf is assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Hama Governorate, in a potential revenge operation due to the imam being associated with Hezbollah and other Iranian- and Shia-associated militias.
2024-12-16

A deputy imam is killed and another is injured when Hindus storm a mosque in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, as a spillover of yesterday's intercommunal violence in the neighboring Nuh district.
2023-08-1

Five Iraqis from Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, are shot and killed by gunmen on a road in Mardin Province, Turkey. Two of the victims were prominent imams in Duhok.
2023-01-19

Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. The mosque's pro-Taliban imam, who is suspected to be the target of the attack, is among the dead.
2022-09-2

A video shows 11 dead imams and 45 wounded Muslim holy men, 5 of whom are in a coma, alleged to have been caused by a NATO airstrike. Those attacked were said to have been at rest and sleeping while participating in a long peace march; Muslims and Christians unite in condemnation of the attack.
2011-05-13

At least thirty people are killed in a stampede at a Mali stadium following a sermon by a leading Muslim imam.
2011-02-21

At least three people die, including two members of Sons of Iraq due to a bomb planted at their checkpoint in central Iraq, and an imam was shot dead in Baghdad.
2010-11-7