Dear friends, In Bohra congregation it is not mentioned that Saladin, a Sunni Muslim was instrumental in protecting head of Imam Hussain from plundering crusaders. On the contrary Bohra clergy give credit of Moving Head of Imam Hussain to "Rasul Hussain", a place in Asghar Vasanwala ----------------- FROM THE BLOGS [L. A. TIMES] http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-mosque21-2008may21,0,5370689.story
Subject: Head of Imam Hussain was buried in Ashkelon, now part of Israel. Ghazi Saladin sent it to Egypt to save it from plundering of Crusader Date: 5/21/2008 7:10:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time From: asgharf@roadrunner.com
This article interests me because, born as a Bohra, I have always heard curse on Saladin; Saladin army had conquered the Imamate of declining Fatimid Empire forcing the last Imam, a 5 year old Imam Tyeb, in seclusion. Some Historian doubt about existence of Imam Tyeb or if he survived the chaos; though it is a pillar Bohra faith that Imam Tyeb's successor still exists somewhere in the world and will appear as messiah and takeover the institution of Dai-ship from present or future Bohra Dai. He will create order in this world.
I think if credit is due to this great person Saladin who drove away crusaders from
It is surprising that the writer BATSHEVA SOBELMN has left out the name of the group who shoveled the site and exposed the corner stone of the ancient mosque, and who now come and prays there. I wonder if they are Bohras. But why would they keep it secret? BATSHEVA only mentions, "About a decade ago a Shiite spiritual leader arrived"
Vas Salam,Sacred surprise behind Israeli hospital
Last week, a rocket hit a shopping mall in town; the dozens of injured were treated at the city's Barzilai Medical Center.
The consecration of the site dates back to the early days of Islam. The decades that followed the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632 were marked by a bitter and bloody dispute over succession, a conflict that ultimately marked the split between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
In a nutshell, Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, was passed over for the position of caliph -- leader of the young Muslim nation. Ali's followers eventually rebelled, touching off years of conflict.
After Ali was assassinated in 661, his sons Hasan and Hussein carried on his struggle. Hussein and his small rebel army were slaughtered in 680 in what is now the Iraqi holy city of Karbala. His head was delivered as a trophy to Yazid, the victorious caliph, in Damascus, while his body remained in Karbala. Shiites commemorate Hussein's death annually in the intense day of mourning known as Ashura.
Both Karbala and Damascus became sites of Shiite pilgrimages. Sunni rulers, displeased with the phenomenon, decided to relocate Hussein's head to the far edge of the kingdom -- Ashkelon. It remained there for several centuries, until the legendary Muslim leader Saladin sent the head to Egypt for safekeeping from the invading Crusaders.
What was once the far end of an ancient Muslim kingdom is now a grassy mound behind an Israeli hospital.
A millennium after Hussein's head was removed from Ashkelon, the site is still revered by Shiite offshoots, mostly from India and Pakistan. The pilgrims include those from countries with no diplomatic ties with Israel, hospital officials say.
About a decade ago, a Shiite spiritual leader arrived at the hospital with an unusual request: to be allowed to erect a prayer area for the pilgrims.
"How do you know this is the site?" asked Dr. Ron Lobel, deputy director of the medical center.
"I walked out to the mound with him," Lobel said. "He took out a shovel and started digging. To my astonishment, a meter or so deep, he exposed the cornerstone of the ancient mosque that had been built where the head had been buried, and was later destroyed by the Crusaders."
With the hospital's blessing, the worshipers imported the most valued marble in India. The prayer area, built seven or eight years ago, is open to the pilgrims.
"They are quiet, peaceful people. They come in silence, sometimes barely uttering a sound," said Lobel, who has become the resident expert on the subject. "An island of Shiite Muslim prayer in an Israeli hospital in a Jewish state. It really is unique."
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