Message from 1300th Commemoration Souvenir
Published on
10th Muharram 1361 / 28th January 1942
SIR IBRAHIM
RAHIMTOOLA
Ex-President: of Bombay municipal corporation,
Ex-President: Fiscal Commission
Ex-President : Legislative Council
Member: Royal Commission on Labour
Ex-President: Legislative Assembly
Etc.
“Students of
history knows that when Imam Husein was traveling with a small party his
progress was intercepted by the armed forces of Yazid and they were forcibly
detained at Kerbala. Negotiations for a settlement then proceeded and the terms
offered were so repugnant and antagonistic to the principles for which Imam
Husein stood that the rejection of the terms meant annihilation of his whole
party consisting of the members of his family and his devoted followers and
captivity of the ladies accompanying him. Husein accepted the alternative and
sacrificed everything for his principles. Such sacrifice is unparalled in the
history of the World.” - Ibrahim
Rahimtoola
