It must be mentioned here...

It must be mentioned here, with much regret, that although most of the preachers of the commemorative gatherings for Imam Husayn (peace be upon him) speak of him as a “martyr” and “the leader of the martyrs,” they do not have an analytical grasp of this concept and thus they consider the death of Imam Husayn only as murder and homicide, a category of death which is a waste of life. Many of our people mourn just the innocence of, and the unjust treatment meted out to, Imam Husayn.

They are sorry that Imam Husayn, just like a small child, became a victim of an ambitious ruler. If it is so, then Imam Husayn would be considered an innocent victim of terror just like the people who are killed by others in homicide. But then, the Imam would not be a martyr, let…