Martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) who sacrificed his life for the sake of preserving Islam and justice has inspired many thinkers, intellectuals, and politicians around the world....
Read More »If Hussain Was one of Us, We Would Raise a Banner for Him in Everywhere
"Hussain (AS) is in my heart; If Hossein was one of us, we would raise a banner for him in every corner of the earth, and we would call on people to Christianity with the name of Hussain. You Shiites and Muslims do not appreciate the value of...
Read More »Biblical Perspective on Imam Hussain (AS)
Significant events in Allah’s plan for delivering guidance to mankind are not sudden, unexpected and unforetold events. The tragedy of Karbala was known and announced by the Prophet (saw) long before it...
Read More »Why Muslims Keep Alive the Name of Imam Hussain (AS) in Muharram?
Every year, we revive Ashura and the name of “Hussain” for several reasons; The first reason is Verse 32 of Surah Hajj, “That is so. And whoever honours the symbols of Allah (SWT), it is certainly out of the piety of the heart...
Read More »The Political Role of Imam Al-Sajjad (ʿa) in Reviving the Revolution of Ashura from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
Through his perseverance, resistance, lack of submission, and delivery of fiery sermons in Kufah and Damascus, Imam al-Sajjad (ʿa) was able to turn the public opinion against Yazīd and turn a formerly safe environment in to an unsafe one for the...
Read More »Ashura: Uprising as Struggle for Justice to Uphold Humanity
Ashura has always been a school where the character of a man has been tested and developed and Imam Hussein (A.S) has been the greatest teacher of humanity in this school....
Read More »Main Causes of Imam Husayn’s (A.S) Uprising
Truly speaking if we wish to find out the causes of the rising of the Imam we shall have to make a search for its preliminaries during a period of at least thirty years preceding that time, because about thirty years after the...
Read More »The Critical Role of Women in Karbala
Regarding the tragedy of Ashura, one of the questions that arises is why Imam Husayn (a), knowing that he would have become martyr along with his companions, brought his family with him and what the role of the...
Read More »Why is the Uprising of Ashura Different from all the Uprisings and Movements of the World?
We need to read between the lines, and carefully ponder over the life story of Hussain ibn-Ali (a.s.). Many have risen up in the world; they have had a leader, and they were also....
Read More »Where and When Did Mourning for Imam Husayn (A.S.) Start First?
When we look at the lives of the Holy Prophet (S) and the Imams (A.S.), not only we do not see anything about mourning and lamentation but there are evidence and sayings prohibiting such acts. For...
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