The photograph of Maatam is from Amritsar, once a City with half of its residents being Muslims. But after partition, almost entire Muslim population of Amritsar moved out.
Over the last few decades, the urban areas in Punjab have seen a growth of Muslim population, especially from Bihar.
The maatam by Anjuman Yadgar-e-Husaini at the Imambada in Amritsar thus holds special significance. The other photographs: Bibi ka Alam in Hyderabad Deccan and fireworks during Muharram in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand province. The photograph of Tazia is from Ahmedabad.
An eight-year-old Hindu boy, Manish Kumar, walks on red hot embers in Lucknow. Many Hindu families perform Azadari. Read the story about such tradition and 'Hindu Imambaras' in DNA. Link
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Muharram in India(Photos)-II
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These practices in India are not very healthy ones. People beat themselves with sticks and whips; cut themselves with blades; and get drunk. I believe all of these are un-Islamic practices.
Dear Manas bhai,
The purpose of this blog is towards all-inclusiveness and not judging what is wrong and right.
I feel compelled to write and present my views but this not a blog for deliberation and discussion on the internecine differences of sects with in Islam. There is no limit to Barelvis, Deobandis, Shia, Sunni and their internecine rivalries and claims of what is Islamic and what is un-Islamic.
I write in bits and pieces at various places. Will you take a look at my comment at the very bottom of the list of comments at Pakistaniat.com on the post regarding Ashura: http://pakistaniat.com/2007/01/30/pakistan-karballa-karbala-moharram-muharram-ashura/#comments
Allah knows best.
who gets drunk
thanx for doing the peice on muharram... aslo just curious to know why the fireworks take place as it signifies joy? tc
Here playing with fire is commemorating the hardships and preparing to fight the evil...
Dear Manas,
This is a muslim practice who do all just to remember sacrifice of imam husain (a.s) (grand son of holy prophet(s.a.w)....
But check the source of your information because that is not correct..No muslim drink in this world...
oh so bad.... its really cruel
thanks for the post.
to manas,
are you an authority on islam, who are you to decide what is islamic and un-islamic, if shias beat themselves with sticks etc, cut themselves with knifes, blades, etc. how does it bother you.
were you invited to do the same?
for your information shias do this out of their love for Imam Hussain the grandson of prophet mohammad and no one forces them to do this, and even after beating and cutting themselves they walk back on their own feet and not in an ambulance such is the miracle of imam hussain that his followers do not feel the pain.
Purely unislamic. O Allah! guide these people.
"Pak hai jo khoon tere maatam mein bahega.
Zaalim kabhi mazloom ka maatam na karega".
Allahumma Salle Ala Muhammadin wa aale Muhammad
i think this blog is run by a sangparivar activist or an anti muslim minded person...viewvers and readers pls aware about the articles..
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