THE PROCESSION IN THE MEMORY OF IMAM HUSAIN

WHO IS IMAM HUSAIN

HE IS THE YOUNGER GRANDSON OF PROPHET MOHAMMAD (A.S) HIS MOTHER WAS HAZRAT FATIMA (A.S), THE DAUGHTER OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD. HIS FATHER IS HAZRAT ALI (A.S), THE COUSIN OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD.

WHAT HE DlD

HE FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF KARBALA AGAINST THE FORCES 0F EVIL IN IRAQ ON THE 10th OF MUHARRAM 61 A.H.(680 A.D.) AND BECAME A SYMBOL OF UNITY AND STRUGGLE AGAINST EVIL, INJUSTICE AND OPRESSION

IMAM HUSAIN AND HIS COMPANIONS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND SMALL CHILDREN, WERE DENIED WATER IN KARBALA FOR THREE DAYS AND THEY ALL WERE KILLED IN A STATE OF EXTREME THIRST. HIS FAMILY, ONE REMAINING SON, AND ALL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE TAKEN PRISONERS BY THE ARMY OF YAZID WHO TRIED TO DESTROY ISLAM AND HUMANITY

IMAM HUSAIN AND HIS COMPANIONS DEFENDED THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM AND THEY DEFENDED HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN BRUTE FORCES THREATENED TO DESTROY THEM.

WHAT WE SHOULD DO

LET US JOIN IN PAYING TRIBUTES TO IMAM HUSAIN WH0 IS THE SAVIOR OF HUMANITY. HE IS THE. SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE TO THE PRESUMPTION OF POWER AND ARROGANCE OF WEALTH

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