By Hasnain Naqvi The 10th of Muharram (Ashura), the global collective conscience reaches the shattering climax of Karbala. On this day in 680 CE, Imam Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, alongside his family and a meagre band of 72 companions, stood ground against the massive, tyrannical army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid. [...]
