*yazid ibne muavia was a Taabi. he was mujahid gud administrator, alim and orator of great standing. his succession was accepted by most of sahaba and most of the muslims accepted his bayath including majority of banu hashim. specially the family of hazrat hasan (RA) who even did not supported the kharooj of Hazrat Hussain. *
*hazrat imam ghazali and other scholars have mentioned that it could not be proved from authentic and independent sources that yazid ibn muavia order the killings of hazrat hussain and his matrydom was a tragic accident. so dr. zakir naik has not said sth new. *
*newayz whether he was guilty or not is known to allah who is the better judge. now it is very irrelevant to discuss about the incident of karbala (as it was not the first event as the sahaba had differnce in the earliest era like hazrat saad bin ubada and hazrat abu bakar , hazrat aisha and hazrat ali......... so we cant make judgement as it is the prerogative of allah). we are not accountable for the acts of hazrat hussain and yazid. *
what we are required to do is to lead our life according to quran and sunnah. may allah show all of us right path.
Maverick although I m not qualified enough to take part in this discussion, but the only thing I know and have grown up listening and even believing that that guy Yazid was a bloody bigot who ordered the murder of family of the holy prophet, which included one infant too. Ur showering of praises on this kind of personality is not in good taste and it may hurt sentiments of millions.