Imam Husayn Conference - al-Serat Islamic Journal

Cover
Title Page
Acknowledgement
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Life of the Imam Ḥusayn as Depicted in Muslim Literature
	Rūmī’s view of the Imam Ḥusayn
	Some examples of elegy on the Imam Ḥusayn
	Karbalā’ and the Imam Ḥusayn in Persian and Indo-
Muslim literature
Historical and Doctrinal Perspectives
	The Imam Ḥusayn; A study in the Islamic concept of freedom
	The excellence of the Imam Ḥusayn in Sunnī ḥadīth tradition
	The death of al-Ḥusayn b. ‘Alī and early Shī‘ī views on the Imamate
	The concept of martyrdom in Islam
	Ḥusayn, the Martyr; accounts of the martyrdom in Arabic sources
	The martyrdom of Ḥusayn b. ‘Alī and the continuity of ethical and moral concepts
	The martyrdom of the Imam Ḥusayn and the social history of early Islam
	The Imam Ḥusayn: His role as paradigm
	The eternal meaning of the Imam Ḥusayn’s martyrdom
Ritual Continuities
	Popular Shī‘ī mourning rituals
	From maqātil literature to drama
	The social and spiritual significance of the Urdu marthīya