Mother and Son, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

I had shot this picture a few years back at Dargah Hazrat Abbas Lucknow, her son was terminally ill, so she had bought him here for the ultimate cure ..
For the Shias of Lucknow this is the spiritual hospital , where one invokes Hazrat Abbas the erstwhile [...]

Shaheede Salis, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

wikimapia.org/1220968/Shaheed-e-Saalis-Qazi-Saheb-ka-Mazaar
Qazi Noorullah Shoostari better known as Shaheed-e-Saalis lies buried here.He was trampled to death by elephants on the orders of Jehangir, the Mughal Emperor.Though Jehangir has been wrongly portrayed as being just, by some ill-informed historians,was actually a drunkard and a womaniser.During the course of one of his [...]

Alam Hazrat Abbas, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_ibn_Ali
Al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Ali (Arabic: العباس بن علي‎) (born 4th Sha‘bān 26 AH – 10 Muharram 61 AH ; approximately May 15, 647 – October 10, 680) was the son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (fourth Rashidun Caliph and first Shī‘ah Imām) and Fātimah bint Hizam al-Kilabiyyah (commonly [...]

Charity, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

he took pity
emptied out his pockets
gave her a few
coins as charity
a muslim beggar woman
lost in mumbai city
veiled in austerity
a cry in the wilderness
her singular insularity

The Muslim Beggar Woman’s Tale, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

within the austerity of her hijab
lies the muslim beggar womans tale
hidden from the rich world
substinence frail
truth will prevail
within it lies her silent screams
her wail..
her bad times
her hoplessness
her dreams gone stale
muslim society
dominated by the male
as she lives in [...]

Arbaeen in Hyderabad, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Chehlum or Arbaeen
Arba’een (Arabic: اربعين‎, means “forty”), or Chehlum, as it is known by Urdu-speaking Muslims, is a Shi’a religious observation that occurs 40 days after the Day of Ashurah, the commemoration of the martyrdom by beheading of Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad [...]

Chehlum in Hyderabad, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Chehlum is the 40 day of the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain , the erstwhile grandson of the Holy Prophet of Islam PBUH.
He was kiled by the Caliph of the Ummayad dynasty the accursed Yazid son of Mauwiyah.
The Shia community of Hyderabad is closely knit, the Nawabs the [...]

Chehlum in Hyderabad, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Blood Sweat and Tears, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

www.glennlosackmd.com/-/glennlosackmd/
1400 years
truth
through
the layers of our blood sweat and tears
as a protest against spiritual terrorism
yazidiyat
peers
a voice
on the plains of karbala
the misguided forces of yazid
were not willing to hear
hussains head
decapitated
tilawate koran on a spear
who [...]

Ag Ka Matam Supari Tala Bandra, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

The Shias of Bandra predominantly the Shia Khojas of the Shia Khoja Bandra Mosque, organize the Ag Ka Matam or walking on fire at the nearby Supari Talao Bandra.
These are pictures I shot a few years back on slides, I have scanned them to [...]

Shimr at Amin Imambada Mumbai, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

THE EVIL TREE : SHIMR B. ZIL JAWSHAN
Among the murderers of Imam Hussain (a.s.) The Evil Tree’ , Shimr, the accursed, stands out for his malevolence and notoriety.
Allah, the Glorified, states in the Holy Quran,
“…the example of an evil word is like [...]

Khalnayak of Islam, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
The khalnayak of Islam is back
the peace harmony brotherhood of
muslims in India
with his blasphemous words
hijack
The Holy Prophet PBUH
The Ahle Bayt
The Holy Saints of Sufism
he writes off
this tele-evangelist hack
a doctor and a quack
his upside down world of bigotry
of hate does smack
a needle trying to be one up
on a [...]

Wiladat Imam Reza, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

sourced from net
www.al-islam.org/kaaba14/11.htm
The eighth Imam Ali Ibn Musa, Al-Reza(AS)
Imam’s Conduct
Establishment of Majalis to commemorate the events of Kerbala
Born in Madina 11th Zeeqaad 148 Hijri (1.1.766 AD). Died in the city of Tus Iran on 17th Safar 203 Hijri (26.5.819 AH) Period of Imamat 20 years.
His [...]

Wiladat Imam Reza, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Today the Shia in Mumbai and all over the world celebrate the birthday of the 8 Shia Imam Reza.
sourced from net
www2.irib.ir/worldservice/monasebat/imamreza/english.htm
Congratulation On The Birth Of Imam Reza (pbuh)

Name Ali
Title Musa Al-Reza
Kunyat Abul Hassan
Born Thursday, 11th of Dhul-Qa’dah 148 A.H. Medina
Father’s Name Musa [...]

Blood Oath For Hussain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.