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Ashura and a Western Thought
Unsure on Ashura
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courtesy Angel Publishing LLC. Sam Hopkins
Ashura means “tenth,†the day of the Islamic month of Muharram on which one of the most important battles in history took place. Fifty years after his death, Muhammad’s followers and family were locked in strife over who had the right to continue the [...]
Posted at: June 8th, 2007 - 3:09 am - Number of Comments » 0
Ashura differs from one Indian city to another , but a silken thread that binds each city is Imam Hussain, every city has its cultural ethnicity woven into the Azadari of Hussain, but the cry of Ya Hussain remains the same.
The tears that drop like raindrops from Shia eyes are universally the same, a drop [...]
Posted at: June 8th, 2007 - 3:07 am - Number of Comments » 0
Ashura is 10 th of Moharam , the Shias celebrate the Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, there is a seeeping heaviness in the air, a scorching dryness, a surrendering moment of grief.
Seas of black humanity, cacading with families carrying the Tazias, children leading from the front trudging, reciting the matam moving towards Karbala Talkatora.
Today after [...]
Posted at: June 8th, 2007 - 3:05 am - Number of Comments » 0
