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Message of Muharram.
Muharram is not only a sacred month in Islam but as well as it was
considered sacred during the period of Ignorance (Jahilia). The
warring tribes of Arabia used to conduct ceasefire during these
months. Muharram is the first month of Hijry year, whereas January
is the first month of Christian year. The difference is in front of
us. We celebrate our own new year with suicide bombing, killing,
destructions and hatred whereas the Christian year begins with
peace pleasant feelings, gifts New Year wishes and love. So the
difference is of hatred and love. Anything if well started it�s
half done. So our own year not start in a right way, that is way we
Muslim are everywhere defeated murdered and hatred in this world.
The process of disintegration not started recently, this is the
very long and old story of destruction and down fall, which began
in the period of third pious Caliph and still its own way to down
fall. Having seen the life of Imam-e-Hussein�s its obviously
becomes clear that in Islam there is no place of blood shed and
destruction. Imam left the city of Medina because he knew that
there would be blood shed if he not left these holly city, he
didn�t take initiative in battle.
He sacrificed his own life and the life of his whole family but
didn�t accept the sovereignty of the Yazid. So the greatest message
arises here for whole Umma is that never accept any dishonest
dictator in Islam because in Islam there is no room for any
dishonest dictator, so our today Islamic world is full of
dictators. The feelings of an ordinary man is shattered and
depressed; the Imam never accepted and dishonest ruler, nor even
injustices done by the rulers of the time, and sacrificed his own
life for the cause of truth, sovereignty of Islam and also for the
pure principle of Islam. That is way everybody say Islam rebirth
after every muharram month.
So we should not have to tolerate any injustices, we should not
have not to welcome dishonest rulers, dictators and also the
disguised champion of Islam who use Islam as a source of benefit
for their vested interest. It is the great responsibility of every
Muslim in general and of every Muslim youth in particularly to
learn lesson from this month and great event of the history to play
its decisive role for the purification of our Islamic society and
for the renaissance of true Islam, for the peace prosperity and
well being of the whole Umma and the whole world.
Bashir Hussain Azad.
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