{"id":5790,"date":"2018-04-29T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T14:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/atabat\/5790-an-american-professor-converts-to-shiism-in-holy-shrine-of-imam-ali\/"},"modified":"2018-04-29T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T14:50:37","slug":"an-american-professor-converts-to-shiism-in-holy-shrine-of-imam-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/atabat\/5790-an-american-professor-converts-to-shiism-in-holy-shrine-of-imam-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"An American professor converts to Shiism in holy shrine of Imam Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The coordinator between Muslims and Christians in Senegal, the American professor Maria Lifini, was honored to visit the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The coordinator between Muslims and Christians in Senegal, the American professor Maria Lifini, was honored to visit the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The American professor was received by the employees of the Public Relations Department, where she was welcomed and accompanied to visit the landmarks of the holy shrines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">&#8220;I knew Muslims&#8217; life-styles and conduct through communicating with them in Michigan, Lebanon, and Senegal. 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