gandhi and also writers and philosophers uh wrote about the imam hussein, so uh, i think it's it's it'sity. imam hussein's story is not just for the shia muslims, it's for the entire humanity. people also give away free food to charity on this. mornful days, the food is considered holy for anyone who eats it or makes it. it's a kind of offering made to god in honor of imam hussain's martydom. the imam hussaini. house in yazd invites people in for free food every year in muharram. this 200 year old house is still the main center for holding religious ceremonies related to imam hussein. it's a place where people come together to morn for their imam and show their respect to him. the battle of karbala took place between a small group of supporters and relatives of imam hussein and a larger military force of yazid the first, the umayat khalif. it was a battle between good and evil, between life and death, a tragic event that led to the killing of imam hussain and his companions. the enemy not only deprived the imam and his people of water, but also looted and burned the tents, stripped the

gandhi and also writers and philosophers uh wrote about the imam hussein, so i think it's a b'. bigffering made to god in honor of the imam hussaini house in yazd invites people in for free food every year in muharram. this 200 year old house is still the main center for holding religious ceremonies related to imam hussain. it's a place where people come together to morn for their imam and show their respect to him. porters and relatives of imam hussein and the larger military force of isid the first, the omaid khalif. it was a battle between good and evil, between life and death, a tragic event that led to the killing of imam hussein and his companions. the enemy not only deprived the imam and his people of water, but also looted and burned the tents, stripped the women of the jewelry and the dead bodies, imam hussein sacrificed his life and the lives of his children and companions to save humanity from the agents of hate, tirany and oppression, he intended to and against the newly introduced monarchic system of government and to expose the misleading path introduced in the name of

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gandhi, they all drew inspiration and they quoted imam hussain struggle in their own struggles, so i think it's only natural that you're going to see that a similar, even it more strongly playing out this region." whether it be the middle east or in south asian countries like afghanistan and pakistan where there is a significant commemoration and there's a significant flowing of the and of imam hussein so the oppression i think and the uh policies the hostile policies which the region has fallen victor to, i think that is pushed the region more and more embrace the imam hussein school of thought and for you the fact that this is such inspiration after all this time. for it to be a unity that happens because of it and it's inspiring so many muslims and the of time, well, as i said before, because it it holds values that are beyond time and place, it holds values that are needed in every time and place, especially that in every era that there has been oppression, there is no time in the world, in the history of the world where there was no oppression at all anywhere, as long as there a