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place by chance. It was rather a movement for the revival
of Islam. Imam Hussain (A) declared his noble mission right
from the day one.
result of the supreme sacrifice of Hussain (A), the great
saint."
Nehru considered Karbala to represent humanities
Antoine Bara (Lebanese writer) writes:
strength and determination. He writes:
"No battle in the modern and past history of
"Imam Hussain's (A) sacrifice is for all groups and
mankind has earned more sympathy and admiration as communities, an example of the path of righteousness."
well as provided more lessons than the martyrdom of
Husayn in the battle of Karbala." (Husayn in Christian
Dr. Rajendra Prasad writes,
Ideology)
"The sacrifice of Imam Hussain (A) is not limited to
one country, or nation, but it is the hereditary state of the
History has seen numerous massacres of innocent people, brotherhood of all mankind."
but the tragedy of Karbala is one of the few where men,
women and children voluntarily allowed themselves to be
Dr.