"Battle of Karbala" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Dec 2019 9:39 p.m. PST |
"The Battle of Karbala was a military engagement that took place on 10 Muharram, 61 A.H. (October 10, 680) in Karbala (present day Iraq) between a small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn ibn Ali, and a larger military detachment from the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph. The battle is often marked as the event that separated Sunni and Shi'a Islam. The Battle of Karbala is particularly central to Shi'a Muslim belief. In Shi'a Islam, the martyrdom of Husayn is mourned by an annual commemoration, called Ashurah. They represent the battle as one between good and evil, light and darkness with evil winning. Yazid becomes the epitome of evil. Yazid is by no means an heroic figure among Sunnis, who regard his appointment as caliph as irregular and generally see him as a secular ruler. Karbala itself, some Shi'a say, will eventually be raised to paradise as the dwelling place of prophets and saints…"
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| MichaelCollinsHimself | 27 Dec 2019 2:45 a.m. PST |
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Same to you and happy new year my friend!. (smile)
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