One of the holiest days in Shi’a Islam: The day when the heavens rained blood. The deep emotion of being a loser but striving for justice, that’s what modern time Orientalists won’t understand. The unjust allegations of a ridiculous plot for assassinating the Saudi Arabian Ambassador of the U.S., the continuous allegations of striving to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ashura’
Ashura
Posted in Iran, Uncategorized, tagged Ashura, Husayn, Shi'a Islam on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No Democracy
Posted in Book Review, Iran, Islam, tagged ant-Semitism, Ashura, Baha'i, democracy, dictatorship, Green Movement, Hooman Majd, Jews, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Najasat-e Ahl-e Kitab, presidiential election, Revolutionary Guards, Shi'a Islam, Ta'arouf, velayat-e faqih on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
American/Iranian Hooman Majd is a busy traveler between East and West, apparently highly treasured in both realms. He is a prolific and, admittedly, most talented author/journalist/writer (probably sort of ‘journalism’ being only one of his many talents) who has been writing, as his home page tells us, for instance for Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New [...]
Taking the Gloves Off
Posted in Iran, tagged Ali Khamenei, Ashura, Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Tasua, Zarah Rahnavard on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there had been any doubt that the regime in Iran would eventually break down all opposition, today’s disturbing news tell a different story. The more or less silenced leaders of the ‘Green Movement’, Messrs Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, may in fact be on the run. Mousavi’s wife, Zarah Rahnavard, may have been arrested. [...]
The Rioters’ Cleric
Posted in Iran, tagged Ashura, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Hazrat-e Masoumeh, Marja-e Taqlid, Muharram, Pasdaran, Qom on December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has passed away yesterday at age 87. He died of a heart attack, or stroke, when sleeping in his bed at home. Hundred of thousands of mourners are right now gathering in Qom, where he is supposed to be entombed in Hazrat-e Masoumeh’s shrine, one of Iran’s holiest sites. His [...]
Begs to Differ
Posted in Book Review, Iran, Islam, Religion, USA, tagged Ashura, Ayatollah Jannati, Hooman Majd, Imam Khomenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Khatami, Shi'a, Ta'arouf on March 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Hooman Majd. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. Doubleday, New York 2008, 271 pages. Pointing every now and then at THE DIFFERENCE in our cultures and civilizations is a necessity. Realizing the differences is a first and necessary step in [...]
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