Tag: Imam Hussain

Karbala: Iraq’s Booming City Of Resistance

Aerial picture of millions of mourning people in Karbala

Karbala, where the shrine of the Prophet's grandson Hussain has stood for centuries as a symbol of resistance against tyranny, was in 2016 fittingly the nerve centre of the war on terror group ISIS

Karbala: Metaphor For Suffering, Sacrifice, Resistance To Tyranny

Pilgrims in Karbala to mark the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain

Karbala symbolises for Muslims the foundational Islamic values—egalitarianism, justice, and equity— the Prophet’s Muhammad favourite grandson, Imam Hussain, laid down his life there in the seventh century resisting Umayyad ruler Yazid violating these ideals

Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi: Shock Troops Who Helped Defeat ISIS On Ayatollah Sistani’s Call

Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi: Shock Troops Who Helped Defeat ISIS On Ayatollah Sistani's Call

Volunteers of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, which was raised on Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s wajib al-kifah (obligation to fight) fatwa, were deployed as shock troops to negate ISIS's advantages of surprise, sudden attacks, and ambush

Najaf: Ground Zero Of Spirited Fightback Against ISIS

The seeds of perhaps the most spirited fightback ever against terrorism were sown in narrow Rasool Street in Iraq’s Najaf, where Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa in 2014 from his small house urging all able-bodied men to resist ISIS