🏴 Night of Tasua

Tonight program is dedicated to Ali al-Asghar peace be upon him.

Location for Today (July 4) Muharram Event: MIT Ashdown House, Hulsizer Room, 235 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Parking/Commute: metered street parking; 55 Franklin St. Garage, University Park (55 Franklin St, Cambridge, MA 02139); Redline (Central station).

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Muharram 2025, 10th, Day of Ashura

Date
Sunday July 6th, 2025
10:30 am to 2:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
Program includes: Quran Recitation, Maqtal (in English), Prayer, Mourning Ritual, Ziyarat, Lunch

- About Speaker (Bio)

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Muharram 2025, 10th, Sham-e-Ghariban

Date
Sunday July 6th, 2025
7:15 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
Program includes: Quran Recitation, Lecture (in English), Prayer, Mourning Ritual, Ziyarat, Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

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Muharram 2025, Night of 10th, Night of Ashura, (Farewell Night)

Speaker: Dr. Ammar Pabaney (Bio)
Lecture: "Zabihullah and Zibhin Azeem: The Ultimate Sacrifice of God"

Date
Saturday July 5th, 2025
7:15 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 2nd Floor, Lobdell Hall, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
7:15-7:25 Quran Recitation
7:25-7:30 Poem
7:30-8:20 Lecture and Q&A, in English
8:20-8:30 Tears for Karbala
Maghrib: Prayer
9:10-9:30 Mourning Ritual, Ziyarat Imam Hussain (p)
9:30-10:00 Dinner

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Please Note Location: MIT Student Center, 2nd Floor, Lobdell Hall, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

أعلنَ الحربا وعَلَّقَ الرايةْ
مُحرمًا لبَّىٰ وكربلاء غايةْ

قسم قسم شال العلم ثار يـــــــــا الله
قسم قسم ثابت قدم نحن حزب الله

لبیک یا حسین

Muharram 2025, 10th, Day of Ashura

Date
Sunday July 6th, 2025
10:30 am to 2:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
Program includes: Quran Recitation, Maqtal (in English), Prayer, Mourning Ritual, Ziyarat, Lunch

- About Speaker (Bio)

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Maqtal (in English) will start at 11:00 AM. Prayer of the Day of Ashura will be led by Sheikh Aous.

🏴 *أعظَمَ اللهُ أجُورَنا بِمُصابِنا بِالحُسَينِ عليه السلام، وَجَعَلَنا وَإياكُم مِنَ الطَّالِبِينَ بِثَأرِهِ مَعَ وَلِيِّهِ الإمام المَهدِيِّ مِن آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عليهم السلام.*

Muharram 2025, 10th, Sham-e-Ghariban

Date
Sunday July 6th, 2025
7:15 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

Schedule
Program includes: Quran Recitation, Lecture (in English), Prayer, Mourning Ritual, Ziyarat, Dinner

- About Speaker (Bio)

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@zekrMIT

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▪️Book Review, MIT

"The Outrider: Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas"
Prof. Christopher P. Clohessy
Aug 11, 2024

0:00 Greetings
2:19 Introductory speech, Dr. Clohessy
30:00 Chapters of the book
35:03 Questions regarding Abi Makhnaf and Historiography of events in Karbala and participation of Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas in Siffayn with Imam Ali (a.s.)
41:27 Approach to the historiography of events like Karbala
53:00 Methodology of Dr Clohessy, earliest sources and proceeding forward
1:01:30 Unwarranted skepticism regarding historical sources of Karbala
1:02:14 Degree of connection of people to Imam Husayn (a.s.), Hazrate Abbas (a.s.), and Hazrate Zaynab (s.a.)
1:06:03 Hiddenness of moon of Hazrate Abbas (a.s.) behind the sun of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
1:10:00 Martyrdom in Islam and Christianity
1:14:10 Non muslims inspired by the altruism and sacrifice of al-Abbas (a.s.)?
1:18:23 Witnesses from the Ibn Ziyad's Army regarding narrations of the events in Karbala
1:20:42 A balanced approach between sacred and secular, historical and metaphysical
1:24:00 Hazrate Ruqayya daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
1:32:39 Concluding remarks

Christopher Clohessy is a South African Catholic priest who holds a BST from the Pontifical Urbanianum University in Rome and a PhD from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), also in Rome. He is at present a resident faculty member of that Institute, lecturing there in Shīʿī Islamic studies, Qur’ānic Studies, Islamic Ethics and Christian-Muslim dialogue, and is visiting lecturer at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, where he lectures in Fundamental Theology, Ecclesiology, Islam and Mariology. He is author of Fāṭima, Daughter of Muḥammad (2009, 2018 2ND edition), Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab bt. ʿAlī (2018) and Angels Hastening, The Karbalaʾ Dreams (2021), and The Outrider: Abu al-Fadl al-'Abbas (2024), all published by Gorgias Press. In 2021 he was one of the recipients of the Iranian World Book Award, with the nomination ‘Distinguished Researcher’.

«تقابل دو گفتمان در مناسبات دین و قدرت در واقعه عاشوراء: تحول اندیشه سیاسی در ۵۰ سال نخست بعد از پیامبر (ص)» (۶ جلسه)
دکتر حسن انصاری
موسسه مطالعات پیشرفته، پرینستون، نیوجرسی

▪️مجموعه ویدیوی جلسات اول تا ششم در یوتیوب

۲۱ جولای تا ۶ آگست ، ۲۰۲۴
انجمن مسلمانان شیعه ام آی تی (مؤسسه فناوری ماساچوست)

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