ousehold of the prophet. It is the very legacy of God’s last prophet this tyrant attempted to disappear so that his name would survive the test of time.
Yazid made a claim on power that was never his. Yazid waged a war of infamy and division on the Muslim community … to this very day the wedge he drove in between communities is being felt. The gap which was laid bare in the plain of Karbala has yet to heal. Maybe our collective failure to follow in the footsteps of our Imam allowed for such a tragedy.
Imam Hussain fought so that we would not have to. He fought so that the tradition of the prophet would be returned and once more observed. His blood was spilled, and his strength spent so that we would learn of courage,
