What is Imam?
[[File:Gérôme - Mufti Reading in His Prayer Stool.jpg|280px|thumb|an Imam reading [[Quran]] in his prayer stool.]] An '''imam''' ({{lang-ar|إمام}}; {{lang-fa|امام}}) is an [[Islam]]ic leader, often the leader of a [[mosque]] and/or community. Similarly to spiritual leaders, the imam is the person who leads the prayer during Islamic gatherings. More often the community turn to the mosque imam, if they have an Islamic question. In smaller communities an imam could be the community leader based on the community setting. [[Shia Islam]] uses the term differently. Shiites give the title to only the one true leader of all the faithful. == Other websites == {{enWiktionary|imam}} * [http://al-islam.org/imamate/ Detailed description of the Shiite belief] * [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/islam/shia/index.html Graphical illustration of the Shia sects] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041025093409/http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/islam/shia/index.html |date=2004-10-25 }} * [http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/imaams-of-the-sunnah-vanguards-of-islamic-aqeedah-contents/ List of Sunni Imams] * [http://www.the-imam.com The Imam Movie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226195343/http://the-imam.com/ |date=2021-12-26 }} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Islamic religious leaders]] [[Category:Religious occupations]]