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The Revolution of Imam Hussein
Conclusion
The Umayyad rule came to an end (132A.H/749). It is
now written lines on the pages of the historians’ books
telling generations to come about the Umayyad unjust
rule and what they have done to the Muslim community.
Meanwhile Imam Hussein (as) wrote his own history
through every drop of his blood which was the most
powerful means of demolishing the Umayyad despotism,
autocracy, and tyranny.
His martyrdom in Karbala granted him an eternal life
on the glorious pages of history and eternal stand of
humanity against tyranny and oppression. He became
the torch of the revolutionaries, the symbol of the free
men, the banner of freedom, the hope of the poor and
oppressed people and the emancipator of slavery.
The battle of Karbala is a battle for civilization more
than it is a historic battle. It embodied all human’s noble
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