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  Husayn bin Ali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Husayn is revered by Muslims, and has a special importance to the Shia as their Third Imam by most shias and second Imam by some Shia sects.
Husayn, most of his family (including sons Ali Akbar and Ali Asgar) and 72 of his companions were massacred at the battle.
Husayn is said to have married the eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last King of Sassanid Persia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Husayn   (545 words)

  
 Husayn
Husayn had a claim on the position as Caliph, and several traditions tell that he had been promised to take over after Caliph Mu'awiyya, at his death.
Husayn was wounded several places on his body, and died slowly with his son in his hands.
Husayn is given a key to Paradise, and this is to be used on the last day, but only for those that have mourned over Husayn's death during the ceremonies of Muharram.
lexicorient.com /e.o/husayn.htm   (464 words)

  
 THE STORY OF KARBALA
Husayn had to respond even though he knew that he would be jeopardizing the safety and security of his person as well as that of his family and friends.
Husayn's move was political only in the sense that if he had been able to draw the support he needed, he would have overthrown the Umayyad rule.
When Hurr's company met Husayn's caravan, Hurr and his men had lost their way in the desert and both the soldiers as well as the horses were on the verge of dying of thirst in the scorching heat of the desert.
www.saba-igc.org /Moharram/MohsinNaquviArticles/KarbalaPart2.htm   (2729 words)

  
 HUSAYN The sacrifice for mankind
Husayn, the son of Imam Ali, being who he is, and the Imam (leader) of Islam and Muslims had one duty to discharge; the protection of the final revelation to mankind — and at any cost.
What Imam Husayn achieved through his sacred movement was to rekindle and revitalise the bearers of that torch, and by offering himself and his family and companions as a sacrifice, he kept alive the message that has been sent not just to the Muslims but to all of mankind.
Husayn is lord and the lord of lords.
fountainbooks.com /HUSAYN.htm   (1473 words)

  
 Shi'a: Husayn
At his death, Abu 'Abdu'llah Husayn ibn 'Ali, or Husayn, became the head of his family and, in Shi'ite history, the third Imam.
The Kufans sent for Husayn and promised to back him in a bid for the Caliphate and, against all the advice of his friends, Husayn agreed.
However, it is also an occasion of great guilt among Shi'ites, for the death of Husayn was the direct result of the inaction of the Partisans of 'Ali in Kufa.
www.wsu.edu:8000 /~dee/SHIA/HUSAYN.HTM   (803 words)

  
 Biography of 3rd Imam - Husain ibn 'Ali As-Shaheed (a.s.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Hasan and Husayn, the two sons of the Holy Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and Hadrat Fatimah, our Lady of Light, were respected and revered as the 'Leaders of the Youths of Paradise' as stated by the Holy Prophet.
Husayn knew the ultimate end of the invitations, he as the divinely chosen Imam could not refuse to give the guidance sought for.
Husayn is from me and I am from Husayn, Allah befriends those who befriend Husayn and He is the enemy of those who bear enmity to him.
www.ghadeer.org /english/shia/shia/3rdimam.html   (4123 words)

  
 IslamiCity.com - Communications & Services
Imam Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala provides evidence of the moral victory of right over wrong, of virtue over vice, of principle over compromise, of the oppressed over the oppressor, of the denied over the denier; the ultimate victory of blood over sword.
Husayn is the son of Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet.
The father of Husayn is Ali, who was a cousin and one of the most beloved and steadfast companions of the Prophet.
www.islamicity.com /Articles/articles.asp?ref=IC0303-1881   (827 words)

  
 SHIITES AND SHIAISM, Shi'aism, Shia, Shias, Shî'ah, sheee, About Islam, Muslim, Quran, Religion, Allah, Muhammad, ...
For while Husayn's martyrdom has been oft commemorated, and his physical opponents and killers identified, cursed and eliminated, no one has spared a moment's anger for those who deserted him at the crucial hour.
When news of Husayn s appraoch reached him, he despatched a 4000 strong contingent, which was on its way to fight the Daylamites, to stop Husayn.
Jafri' s motive in excluding the deserters of Sayyidunâ Husayn from the ranks of the religious (as opposed to the political) supporters of the house of Sayyidunâ Alî is quite transparent.
www.allaahuakbar.net /shiites/who_killed_hussain.htm   (3891 words)

  
 An Iraqi General Defects - Middle East Quarterly - June 1995
When Samarra'i denounces Saddam Kamil, another of Saddam Husayn's cousins, for executing 10,000 Shi`is in Radwaniya in the course of suppressing the Shi`i revolt in March 1991, he is again keeping options open; it wasn't the Sunna or the army that engaged in atrocities, but a handful of Saddam Husayn's henchmen.
The general maintains that Saddam Husayn's income from oil sales is sufficient to provide all Iraqis with the food they need free of charge; instead, Saddam Husayn chooses to pressure the United Nations to remove the oil embargo by starving his people and using the money to build extravagant palaces for himself.
Saddam Husayn's relatives never served in the regular army but only, in Samarra'i's words, as "they are only sergeants and non-commissioned police officers," and so lack real military experience.
www.meforum.org /article/250   (5224 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Saddam's Personal Involvement in WMD Planning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Husayn Kamil : Sir, if you'll allow me. Some of the chemicals now are distributed, this is according to the last report from the Minister of Defense, which was submitted to you sir.
Husayn Kamil : Sir, it is rare that the missiles are intercepted.
Husayn Kamil : Sir, these vital locations must be added to the mission and become priority targets to the biological and chemical weapons, because this will end all sorts of life.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-10-07-wmd-saddam_x.htm   (2253 words)

  
 Saddam Husayn's Novel of Fear - Middle East Quarterly - Winter 2002
It was true that Saddam Husayn had met with Iraqi writers and playwrights earlier in the year.
Husayn Kamil not only divulged the secrets of Iraq’s non-conventional weapons program, but also began to groom himself, quite naively, as successor to Saddam.
Saddam himself clashed with a succession of monarchs: the shah of Iran (in the novel Iran is represented by ancient Eilam), King Husayn of Jordan, and most importantly with the king of Saudi Arabia and the emir of Kuwait.
www.meforum.org /article/125   (4355 words)

  
 Story of Kerbala - www.yaali.net.tc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Imam Husayn and Bibi Rubab dug a grave themselves and buried Ali Asghar.
Husayn had helped everyone to mount their horses, but now……Husayn is alone.
Husayn saw his beloved daughter Sakina clinging to the horse's legs.
www10.brinkster.com /yaali2/majalis/kerbala/11.html   (1395 words)

  
 Husayn, Iraq -- News Articles and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
13 Apr 2004:...suffocating reason, and among Shiite Muslims this trait is reflected in the recurrent orgy of ritualistic mourning for the murdered Husayn, the grandson of the...
11 Apr 2004: The group's spokesman, Husayn al-Saaidi, said the statement was consistent with the movement's "position rejecting the presence of foreign troops in the...
Sadi Husayn, an Iraqi Kurd from Rania, a village near Sulaymaniyah, is one of those under threat.
linkmorgue.org /iraq/Husayn.shtml   (2816 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Iraq - The Emergence Of Saddam Husayn, 1968-79 | Iraqi Information Resource
Saddam Husayn was married to Adnan Khayr Allah's sister and Adnan Khayr Allah was married to Bakr's daughter.
In Algiers on March 6, 1975, Saddam Husayn signed an agreement with the shah that recognized the thalweg as the boundary in the Shatt al Arab, legalized the shah's abrogation of the 1937 treaty in 1969, and dropped all Iraqi claims to Iranian Khuzestan and to the islands at the foot of the Gulf.
Saddam Husayn's economic policies were largely successful; they led to a wider distribution of wealth, to greater social mobility, to increased access to education and health care, and to the redistribution of land.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/iraq/iraq19.html   (2703 words)

  
 Would Saddam Husayn Abdicate?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Americans and their allies are spending a great deal of time debating whether Saddam Husayn might be willing to give up power and accept exile in a foreign country.
Rumors abound that the Saudis, the Russians, the Jordanians, and other states are attempting to persuade Saddam to abdicate to prevent a war that would surely destroy his regime.
Saddam Husayn always believes that things are going to turn out in his favor, no matter how bad they might look to others.
www.brook.edu /views/op-ed/fellows/baram20030204.htm   (2334 words)

  
 Imam Zain
Another (of the facts which confirms his Imamate) is the fact that the Imamate is established in the offspring (itra) (of the family of Ali exclusively by rational deduction and by a report on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and his family.
His grandfather, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, designated him during the life-time of his father, al-Husayn, peace be on him, according to the reports which include that.
Husayn, peace be on them, was mentioned to him but he replied: "It is sufficient for us that I should be one of the righteous members of our people." [Abu Muhammad al-Hasan b.
www.geocities.com /islamroots/a/inf/i04d.htm   (3484 words)

  
 The Dawn-Breakers - A Summary
Declaration of the Báb to Mullá Husayn as the Promised One.
Husayn Khan, governor of province Fars, was informed of the commotion.
Husayn Khan ordered that Quddús and Mullá Sadiq beards to be burnt, a cord pierced in their noses and passed through the streets.
home.wanadoo.nl /arjenbolhuis/dawnbreakers-summary.htm   (3762 words)

  
 A brief look at the Life of Imam Hussain (as)
He was born in Medina, on the fifth of Shaban in the year 4 A.H. His mother, Fatima, peace be on her, brought him to the Apostle of God.
Husayn is indeed an (outstanding) grandson among grandsons.
One day while the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, was sitting down, and al- Husayn was sitting on his knee, his eyes suddenly filled with tears.
www.imamalinet.net /vigenam/moharam1422/en/a.htm   (3258 words)

  
 History of the Shrine of Imam Husayn at Karbala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
And today, since Karbala is witnessing new calamities, and the mausoleums of Imam Husayn [a] and his companions are subjected to destruction and neglect, and visitors are prevented from reaching that place, it is suitable to familiarise ourselves with Karbala...
Abu al-Fadl Abbas, peace be upon him, was the brother of Imam Hasan [a] and Imam Husayn [a] and the standard-bearer of Imam Husayn [a] in the Battle of Karbala.
This mass grave is at the foot of Imam Husayn's [a] grave.
www.irna.com /occasion/moharram/eng/karbh.htm   (1848 words)

  
 ABBAS(AS)AND MARTRYS OF KARBALA
The kind of faithful companions the Holy Imam Husayn had gathered around him was not given to any of the Apostles of God including Jesus and even the Holy Prophet Muhammad to claim such a band of men of spotless character and godly conduct in such a large number among their companions.
The son of a liberated slave girl of Husayn This lady, after having been liberated by the holy Imam, was married to a gentlemen and brought her son Qarib and presented him to the Holy Imam and Qarib was brought up by the Holy Imam.
Qarib: The son of a liberated slave girl of Husayn This lady, after having been liberated by the holy Imam, was married to a gentlemen and brought her son Qarib and presented him to the Holy Imam and Qarib was brought up by the Holy Imam.
members.fortunecity.com /masoom110/TRUEISLAM/id17.html   (13224 words)

  
 Democracy in Iraq
Husayn, you are an idiot, I think you are really American.
I am sure everyone has heard of the large bombing of many days ago, it was a very bad day, a very bad scene, blood flowed like water in a river, and over a hundred people died.
His children, I hoope and pray to God will never have to feel pain like this again...of course I think it would be hard in any situation, now that their father is gone, murdered for no reason.
democracyiniraq.blogspot.com   (3903 words)

  
 Ahl-ul-bait   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
His father was Imam Ali, the best model of kindness towards his friends and the bravest against the enemies of Islam, and his mother was Hadrat Fatimah, the only daughter and child of the Holy rophet who had as universally acknowledged, inherited the qualities of her father.
Hasan and husayn, the two sons of the Holy Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib and Hadrat Fatimah,our Lady of Light, were respected and revered as the "Leaders of the Youths of Paradise" as stated by the Holy Prophet.
Imam Husayn said that come whatever may, he would never yield to the devil in place of God and undo what his grandfather, the Holy Prophet had established.
www.ahl-ul-bayt.org /english/etrat/etr5/biography-05.htm   (1749 words)

  
 Academy For Learning Islam
The teacher could distribute all six versions of the narration to different groups and then ask the students to re-narrate the event to the entire class, while the other students could be listening and finding the discrepancies in that particular narration by comparing it to their own.
It is a semi-detailed account of the entire life of the Imam, starting from his birth, going on to talk about the period of his khilafa, to the cause of his death and his place of burial.
In addition, except for the two more complicated articles, which did not quite match the tone of the others, the book is an all-rounder, which would suit the needs of a person who was just beginning to look into the real history concerning the tragedy of Karbalâ.
www.academyofislam.org /reader.asp?cn=014-12   (931 words)

  
 Imam Hussain(A.S.)
Abdullah ibn Abbas relates: "On the very day when Imam Husayn was born, Allah ordered angel Gabriel to descend and congratulate the Holy Prophet on His Behalf and on his own.
Although Imam Husayn knew the ultimate end of the invitations, he as the divinely chosen Imam could not refuse to give the guidance sought for.
This is the land about which my grandfather the Holy Prophet had foretold, and his prophecy will certainly be fulfilled." On the 7th of Muharram water supply to the lmam's carnp was cut and the torture of thirst and hunger started.
www.al-shia.com /html/eng/books/beliefs/imam-hussain/imam-hussain.htm   (4050 words)

  
 Jane's: Iraq's Al-Husayn Missile Program - by Carus and Bermudez, 5-1-90
It appears likely that the impetus to produce the Al Husayn may have come from Iran's acquisition of 'Scud B' missiles from Libya, and the subsequent use of those missiles against Baghdad in March 1986.
Kamil is nephew to the President of Iraq, Saddam Husayn, and is married to one of the president's daughters.
In March 1988, apparently as recognition for the successes of the WPE in producing the Al-Husayn and other military systems, the defence industries were completely reorganised.
www.iraqwatch.org /perspectives/carus-bermudez-janes.htm   (3265 words)

  
 Husayn ibn 'Ali, al- --  Encyclopædia Britannica
He is revered by Shi'ite Muslims as the third imam (after 'Ali and Husayn's older brother, Hasan).
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Arabia was the original home of a number of Semitic tribes who after years of wandering settled in the Fertile Crescent to the north of the peninsula.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9041622   (646 words)

  
 Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali, 1856 – 1931, Arab political and religious leader.
Abdullah I - Abdullah I (Abdullah ibn Husayn), 1882–1951, king of Jordan (1946–51), b.
Sharif Husayn ibn Ali and the Hashemite vision of the post-Ottoman order: from chieftaincy to suzerainty.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0824619.html   (338 words)

  
 Ivan Lloyd - Mulla Husayn
Here Mullá Husayn met a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, named Siyyid Ali Muhammad, and acknowledged His station as the Báb (or Gate) to the Promised One of All Ages.
This book, illustrated in full color, entitled Mullá Husayn "Unfurling the Black Standard" traces the history of the Twelve Imáms and describes in detail the intricate relationship between the Báb and his early disciples Mullá Husayn and Quddús.
The story documents Mullá Husayn's journey to Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad and transforms the reader to the triumphant battle scenes at the siege, of the fort, at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí.
www.ivanlloyd.com /publications2.htm   (285 words)

  
 Suicide, Martyrdom, and the Rules of War in the Koran
Ali [father of Husayn] is the Ancestor of Shi'ism; Husayn is its martyr." [Lapidus 59]
Shi'is in Iran during the 1970s were revising the Husayn story to emphasize not his passivity but his active and political role.
But the Egyptian Mazini, a participant in the Sunni "modernist" movement that began around 1900, wrote in 1936 that Husayn calculated the odds against him and decided to act, provoking his killers to become repressive, commit atrocities and alienate the masses.
isc.temple.edu /pericles/warfare.htm   (1389 words)

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