Karbala imparted a new meaning to the term struggle. Humankind must strive with patience and constancy in the face of extreme adversity. Comfort and safety are not to be impediments in the higher struggle for the rewards of the hereafter. Hussain did not give up his struggle even though he ...
the first was the Qurʾān itself and the second was Ahl al-Bayt. Shiʿi sources also say that the Prophet designated ʿAlī his successor at Ghadīr Khumm in 632 when he said, “Whoever takes me as hismawlā, ʿAlī shall be hismawlā.” The exact meaning ofmawlāin this sayin...
The geographic unit of the "nation-state" and its prevalence in Area Studies detracts from how geographic units and localities are shaped by social life and interactions, giving power and meaning to place. 4.1. Geographies of Knowledge and Local Understandings The literature on the power of ...