The following are
excerpts of reports on Ashuraa ceremonies in Iran and Lebanon, which
aired on Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) on December 11, 2010.
Speaker:
Tens of thousands of mothers in the Islamic Republic of Iran marked
what is known as “the Day of the Infant Abdallah,” after the youngest
martyr of Karbala. The ceremonies, which were held in over 1,000 Iranian
towns and villages, reenacted the killing of Abdallah, the son of Imam
Hussein, while in the hands of his father in the desert.
Mother #1:
Imam Hussein took his children to Karbala, and they were martyred there.
We have come here today to commemorate them.
Mother #2:
We will complete the path of Jihad. We hope that our children will continue
along the path of Imam Hussein.
Speaker:
Children of all ages in their mothers’ arms, participated in these
grand ceremonies. There were mourning sessions and Ashura ceremonies.
A model of the cot of the martyred child of Imam Hussein was passed
around by the participants in memory of the childhood slaughtered at
Karbala.
Mother #3:
The infant was killed unjustly. He is a symbol of the childhood that
is killed on a daily basis, by the Front of Falsehood.
Speaker:
These ceremonies were held simultaneously in thirty cities worldwide,
under the heading “International Infant Day.” It is a day of identification
with the Muslim children who are killed by the occupation in Palestine,
in Iraq, and in Afghanistan, and a day of solidarity with the blood
that is being shed unjustly.
[…]
In green shrouds and
red headbands, the infant children were brought by their mothers in
order to console Hussein, son of Ali, for the death of his six-month-old
son, who was martyred by the arrow of injustice, which slaughtered him,
piercing (his throat) from one vein to the other, on the day of blood,
while he was in his father’s lap.
Mother #4:
We have to come to console Imam Hussein, our Prophet Muhammad, and our
lady, Sayyida Fatima, after whom my daughter and I are named.
Mother #5:
We have come here today in order to say to Imam Hussein: We will all
make sacrifices for you. We will sacrifice our children for you, Imam
Hussein.
[…]
