Believe me, many Muslims don't have even an iota of knowledge about Karbala. You'll see people tweeting about Karbala here, but many of them lack even the most basic understanding of it. Even I do. Yet we're so eager to declare someone a kafir.
Palestinian activist Abdullah Shatat collapsed moments after his release from an Israeli jail, where he was held 32 months without charge or trial. He says prisoners are starved, tortured and denied treatment as thousands of Palestinians remain jailed.
خیال آ گیا مانوس رہ گزاروں کا
پلٹ کے آ گئے منزل سے تیرے دیوانے
کہاں ہے تو کہ ترے انتظار میں اے دوست
تمام رات سلگتے ہیں دل کے ویرانے
امید پرسش غم کس سے کیجیے ناصرؔ
جو اپنے دل پہ گزرتی ہے کوئی کیا جانے
ناصر کاظمی
گرفتہ دل ہیں بہت آج تیرے دیوانے
خدا کرے کوئی تیرے سوا نہ پہچانے
مٹی مٹی سی امیدیں تھکے تھکے سے خیال
بجھے بجھے سے نگاہوں میں غم کے افسانے
ہزار شکر کہ ہم نے زباں سے کچھ نہ کہا
یہ اور بات کہ پوچھا نہ اہل دنیا نے
بقدر تشنہ لبی پرشس وفا نہ ہوئی
چھلک کے رہ گئے تیری نظر کے پیمانے
I still remember a guy I saw there in 2018, playing the guitar with a voice that could stop people in their tracks. I've walked past that spot many times since then, but he never appeared again. Wherever he is today, I hope life has been kind to him.
No matter how others view Shias, I have great respect for them. They have been among the few people who consistently come out to protest for 🇵🇸, speak up for 🇵🇸, and stand with 🇵🇸. They have shown the world that there is a community that stands with Palestine no matter what.
When we launched life
on the river of grief,
how vital were our arms, how ruby our blood.
With a few strokes, it seemed,
we would cross all pain,
we would soon disembark.
That didn't happen.
In the stillness of each wave we found invisible currents.
so many, so deep within us that all diagnoses proved false,
each remedy useless.
Now do whatever, follow each clue, accuse whomever, as much as u will,
our bodies r still the same,
our wounds still open.
Now tell us what we should do,
you tell us how to heal these wounds.