Message from 1300th Commemoration Souvenir

Published on

10th Muharram 1361 / 28th January 1942

 

Message by

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