Bashir A. Datoo, Ph.D., A number of misconceptions about the tragedy of Karbala have been popularized by, of all people, Muslim scholars. These misconceptions are not necessarily due to any bigotry ...
By Dr Bashir A. Datoo The response to the question hinges upon a couple of fundamental distinctions. One distinction is between a battle and a war – the former involves the ...
By Dr Bashir A. Datoo Karbala began with Saqifah. Prophet Muhammad (s) had just passed away and, while his family was busy with the burial rites, some of his companions met ...
By: Dr. Bashir Datoo The contemporary world, its socio-political structure and civilizational growth, owe a great measure of gratitude to sacrifice and leadership of a few people of yore who have ...
By: Dr. Hassan Abbas The idea of defiance against tyranny and oppression owes a great deal to Hussain ibne Ali, the hero of the battle of Karbala in 680 AD. With ...
By: Dr. S. Manzoor Rizvi The purpose of this essay is to share with our fellow human beings, what we consider one of the ultimate and unique sacrifices in the history ...
By Jerrmein Abu Shahba Today after nearly 1400 years, we the nation of Prophet Muhammad, the lovers and devotees of the progeny of the Seal of Prophets, commemorate the martyrdom of ...
By Dr. Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini All events have a divine pattern – one governs the lives of everyone – and a human element. In Karbala, too there was the divine element and the human ...
By Bashir A. Datoo, Ph.D. When Muawiya b. Abi Sufyan, the founder of the Umayyad Dynasty, died and his son Yazid assumed the office through hereditary succession, he demanded a pledge ...
It is with the deepest grief and sadness that Muslims around the world received news of the martyrdom of Shaykh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr at the hands of the Saudi regime. Shaykh ...
