27th print-run of Hussein; Red Mind released
28 November 2012
Hussein; the Red Mind is the title of a book entailing three interviews with prominent researcher and analyst Hasan Rahimpour on the 9th, 10th and 11th of Muharram. The 27th reprint of the book has been recently published in Iran.
IBNA: The book provides an analysis of Imam Hussein’s uprising and his martyrdom in the land of Karbala on 10 October 680 CE.
Three interviews by Hasan Rahimpour (Azghadi) are included in the volume, which consider Ashoura and Imam Hussein’s martyrdom from different angles.
The book is chiefly themed at finding an answer to the question of what was the reason that the grandson of Prophet Mohammad was slain by ‘Moslems’ just a few decades after the demise of the Prophet.
Tarhe Farda publishing institute has released the book on the occasion of the anniversary of Imam Hussein’s martyrdom.
Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (also spelled Hussayn) (8 January 626 CE – 10 October 680 CE) (3rd Shaaban 4 AH – 10th Muharram 61 AH) was the son of Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib (first Shia Imam) and Fatimah Zahra (daughter of the Islamic prophet Mohammad) and the younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali. Imam Hussein is an important figure in Islam as he is a member of the Ahl al-Bayt (the household of the Prophet) and Ahl al-Kisa, as well as being an Imam.
Imam Hussein is highly regarded by Shia as a martyr because he refused to pledge allegiance to Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph. He refused to pledge allegiance to what he considered the unjust rule of the Umayyads. As a consequence of fearing bloodshed, he left his home town and heading for Kufa, On the way his caravan was intercepted and he was killed and beheaded in the Battle of Karbala in 680 (61 AH) by Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan. The annual memorial for him, his family, his children and his Ashaab (companions) is called Ashoura (tenth day of Muharram) and is a day of mourning for Shia Muslims.
Anger at Husseins death was turned into a rallying cry that helped undermine and ultimately overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate.
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