The Baha'i Studies Listserv For example, when > Quratulayn-Tahirih refused to mourn the martyrdom of Hussein, she did so > under the pretense that the 12th Imam/Qa'im/Mahdi was here and alive. Thus, > it was a time for celebration rather than mourning what is past.
More specifically, it was the Bab's birthday. The Bab was born on the first day of Muharram while Baha'u'llah was born on the second day. . Having a difficult time understanding > why the Prophet would choose a successor among his own family instead of the > usual egalitarian method of resorting to a council of elders, is one thing. > But it's something else entirely to actively engage in acts of rebellion > against the Prophet's family, and furthermore justify it in the name of > Monotheism. Muawiyyih's rebellion had nothing to do with preferring a council of elders (or he would have appointed one himself instead of passing the throne down to his son) nor was motivated by a desire to preserve Monotheism (that was the justification Muhammad Ali gave for rebelling against 'Abdu'l-Baha.) He rebelled against Ali for Ali's refusal to exact revenge on those responsible for death of 'Uthman. In other words, it was a blood feud. > I don't understand why I should have a sin-covering eye of Mu'awiyya when he > made it mandatory to curse 'Ali in all Mosques of his domain, for all five > prayers. It should be noted that the Shi'ites will later do the same thing with 'Umar and Abu Bakr. Bad precedent. > I would never think that Sunnis are pro-killing Hussein. It should be noted that the martyrdom of Husayn was upsetting enough that it helped spark the rebellion that eventually led to the overthrow of the Umayyads by the Abassids. However, the line between Shi'ite and Sunni was not clearly drawn yet. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-534905-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
