The tragedy of Imam Hussain (as) holds huge importance within Shia Islam. Sayed Mahdi Modarresi reflects on his journey to Karbala. Several years ago I met an Australian who had converted to Islam. Though he must have struggled with many intellectual and social factors impeding his adoption of the faith, it wasn’t his conversion which […]
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar; however, as Muslims, we choose not to commemorate the start of the New Year in celebrations. Instead, we mourn and remember the sacrifice of our third Imam, Imam Hussain (as). How we choose to mourn and display our sadness has become a subject of discussion and […]
