The martyrdom of Imam Husayn, the grandson of Muhammad, together with his seventy-two companions at Karbala, stands out as a critical point in world history for the Shi’a community. It is commemorated each year with a period of intense mourning during the first ten days of the month of Muharram, culminating in the Day of Ashura, the day of the massacre itself, which is in turn followed by a further period of mourning for another thirty days.
During the first ten days of Muharram in November 2013, I was invited to join a Shi’a Muslim leader, Syed Dr Talib Hussain Warsi, in a series of conversations around the events, their place in a wider human context and their relevance for today. Each programme begins with an introduction from Dr Warsi and ends with the traditional Shi’a lamentations in mourning the events. To be part of such an experience is normally only available within the Shi’a community but these programmes allow us to gain a sense of this central time of the year for them. The programmes were broadcast on a Shi’a satellite channel and made available worldwide through KZitem; they have the authenticity of a Shi’a speaker talking to Shi’a believers and thus carry with them the emotions of the customary mourning.
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