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Political Lessons of Karbala
Akbar Kundi, Mansoor
Akbar Kundi, Mansoor
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The tragedy of Karbala where it serves as a paradigm of conviction, piety, hope, and sacrifice for mankind, there it has a number of political implications for good or just governance and legitimate order for which Hazrat Hussain sacrificed himself along his followers on the sandy grounds along the river Euphrates on 10 October 680 AD/10 Muharram 61 AH. It is an answer or catalyst to many political ills the majority of Islamic countries are suffering from and losing their sovereignty. It was a struggle against the misuse of power and authoritarian establishment based on lack of legitimacy. It stood against the principles of power politics, despotism and methods of its coerced establishment many countries’ regimes are based on. The paper is a humble attempt to highlight the political lessons from pre or the post events of the tragedy. Written without any religious biases, affiliation, or even consideration, it follows the political lessons of my approach as a political scientist. Having studied different data for years, as no direct material was available on the topic, I have ventured to draw the political lessons one can extract from the incident.
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2008
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