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 [...]

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 [...]

I have said so much about Zuljana on the battlefield of Karbala.
He stood by hs Master.
Yes even Yazids forces stood by their Master, loyal till the end, these namaz praying, fasting Moslems, who had once uttered La He Laha Ilal Lah Mohomadun Rasool Ilalah, the Kalma the key to Islam, yet here they are with [...]

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This is the area outside the Dargah Hazrat Abbas, the center of gravity , of a Shia Lucknow in terms of invoking the blessings of the Lion Hearted , standard bearer brother of Hazrat Imam Hussain.Every Shia touches the Dargah Hazarat Abbas , this is an awesome place of spiritual sanctity.
I have seen people struggling [...]

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denigrating the name of Allah
from their cybernetic minaret
pompous puritanical
tutored Saudi backed little pets
weaving their own sordid nets
shia haters
shia baiters
shia bashers
shia encashers
demonical  disguised you bet
a url that says allah ho akbar dot net
sectarian hate spewing more hate
bathing in a communal toilet
catastrophic chaotic rants
of juvenile delinquents
who fume and frequently fret
seeing our bleeding they get upset
paradise is [...]

Janatul Baqi Google Images
I write about Shia women, the fountain head of our Faith, the beacon of light of our Faith.
They only they are the powerhouse of our impregnable Faith.
Without Shia women there is no Shiasm.Shiasm is alive as Shia women as Mothers , bring forth Faith , faith as a newborn child, who will [...]

 
I was standing near my father in law Abbas Qasim Qazilbash’s shop called Diamond Cassettes ,when a person dressed in black approached me , he was the owner of the property where my father in laws shop is stuated, he asked me to come and shoot his house Imambara, the Alam is about 1100 years [...]

Philosophy of Azadari
courtesy shia news.com
By Zaheer Abbas Karim
“I have risen (against Yazid) as I wish to reform the ummah of my grandfather. I wish to encourage the good and discourage the evil, and follow in the way of my grandfather (Rasulullah) and my father, ‘Ali bin Abi Talib” - King of the Martyrs, Imam Husayn(as) [...]

 
Courtesy Mulla Bashir Rahim
I share this thought provoking articel I came across while surfing the Net that I share with all of you..Shias.Picture is of a Shia child I shot at Nakhas Lucknow on 9th Moharam.
The History and Philosophy of Aza of Imam Husayn (a)
Mulla Bashir Rahim,
A. THE MESSAGE
Over one thousand three hundred and [...]

The Healing Touch
Chehlum is the 40 th day of the Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain the beloved grandson of the Holy Prophet who was ruthlessly put to death by Yazid of the Ummayad Caliphate for not paying allegiance to his autocratic rule and depotism, .
Shah ast Hussain, Baad Shah ast Hussain,
Deen ast Hussain, Deen [...]

This little girl is the daughter of Munna who recites namaz on fire during Ag ka Matam , most of the julooos she accompanies him loyally, dressed in a manner to invoke the pain that Hazrat Imam Hussains 4 year old Sakina had to bear , after the Martyrdom of her beloved father , brothers, [...]

challa 4 hussain tekri jaorah
And this ends the challa series there was a Spanish couple that were shooting all this,, I have taken their pictures too and my brothers second wife of Kazakhistan origin has a daughter ,who has my nose I am told, I have baptised her Miss Photogtographe no1 of Buzznet she is [...]

 http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=3777
Lucknow is known as a seat of Shiasm and the epitome of Shia culture. Muharram which is observed in Lucknow is famous worldwide. The processions of Muharram in Lucknow have a special significance. They were started during the reign of the Awadh Nawabs. The Majalises, processions and other rituals that are observed by the Shia [...]

By Syeda Zahra, Advocate
(Courtesy of Tehrik e Nifaz e Fiqah e Jaffria, Pakistan)
Some anti-Islam internal and external forces present the Fatawa (verdicts) and opinions of Maraje Uzzam with distortion and tempering which is a severe deeni, literary and moral breach of trust. The original verdicts being compiled in this article are with the compiler.
Ayatullah Al [...]