More I read you, more you amaze me. In this post you are trying to make Thugs of lal-masjid similar to Imam Hussain (AS), tomorrow you will make them similar to Prophet (SAW), and day after tomorrow who knows, you might call them incarnate of God (maybe Jesus, Krishna or Ram) … I do not know where you are coming from.
I did not drift from the issue neither I gave example that was irrelevant (as what you gave). If you had read my post carefully, you would have seen that I gave example point to point.
Anyhow, since you raised the issue comparing thugs of Lal-Masjid with Imam Hussain (AS), it is important that one should clear the matter so that there could be no ambiguity left.
So, let compare lal-Masjid thugs … Kharjees of Naharwan … and stand that Imam Hussain (AS) took.
To start with, I have to say this clearly that … No Muslim could even think of any Islam other than Imam Hussain (AS) verstion of Islam, as there could be no Islam other than Imam Hussain (AS) version of Islam, because doubting Imam Hussain (AS) version of Islam is doubting Prophet (SAW), because if Prophet (SAW) could not teach Islam to his own children then what Islam he could have taught to others?
So, anyone doubting Imam HUssain (AS) version of Islam or whatever Imam Hussain (AS) stood for, could be Munafiq, Kharjee, Kafir but could not be Muslim for sure.
Anyhow, let see the difference between Imam Hussain (AS) compared to Kharjees and Lal-Masjid goons.
1 A: Imam Hussain (AS) was not harassing (nor ever harassed) civilians or killing people who they (AS) thought were not following their version of Islam.
B: Both Kharjees and Lal-Masjid thugs were/are harassing and killing people who they thought were/are not following their version of Islam.
2 A: Even though Yazid and his followers were not following Imam Hissain (AS) version of Islam and thus were Munafiqs at best, Imam Hussain did not do Takfeer on them just because Takfeer itself is worse than Kufr and Imam Hussain (AS) version of Islam believes that Takfeer takes a person out of Islam (that their grand-father taught them), hence no takfeer on his part nor any Muslim ever do takfeer.
B: Both Kharjees and Lal-Masjid thugs are Takfeeries.
3 A: Imam Hussain never raised sword (or tried to use force) to make anyone follow their version of Islam as according to Imam Hussain (AS) version of Islam, enforcing others towards Islam is against Islam.
[Obviously, as Islam belongs to Allah and we follow Islam letting others follow what they got out of Islam, but one can never enforce or impose Islam on others]
B: Both Kharjees and Lal-Masjid thugs tried (and people like them still try) to impose their version of Islam on others using force.
4 A: Imam Hussain (AS) never created fitna and fisad anywhere (fitna and fisad is terrorism, harassment, fear, persecution, killing of innocent, enforcement of will using force, and mayhem that people create over others).
B: Both Kharjees and Lal-Masjid thugs were creating fitna and fisad at places they were operating.
5 A: Imam Hussain (AS) were not land grabbers … and what I read, before camping at Karbela he bought that land too.
B: Lal Masjid thugs were land grabbers (who are thieves and opportunists).
Actually, I can write 10s of things that can show differences between Imam Hussain (AS) compared to Kharjees and Lal-Masjid Thugs, while we find almost all similarities between Kharjees and Lal-Masjid thugs.
So, we can compare lal-masjid thugs with Kharjees with no problem. Anyhow, no Muslim could even dare to compare these Lal-Masjid thugs with Imam Hussain (AS).
Another thing that is important to remember is that, most Kharjees got killed because they were adamant about their deviant believes. Same is true with Lal-Masjid thugs that they were adamant about their devient believes and thus got killed for that.
Actually, before battle against Kharjees, Ali (RA) clearly said that these people are so adamant about their deviant beliefs that they would give up their life but would not surrender and that is what happened. Same can be said about Lal-Masjid thugs, that those 130 hard-core who was left in Mosques, they were so adamant about their deviant believes that they preferred to get killed but not surrender. That means, there could have been no other better result than what happened.
Note: Imam Hussain (AS) was not willing to fight at all. Only thing he (AS) insisted was that he would not give his allegiance to Yazid, a Munafiq who was occupying seat of power (so, his standing was standing on his principle that was Islam, and was nothing to do with others what they were following).
As for these Lal-Masjid thugs and Kharjees, both were not talking about giving their allegiance (or anything to do with them … their self), but their agenda was/is to create terror, Fitna and Fisad on earth, killing innocent (men, women and children) and terrorising all who do not agree with them … until time they succeed in imposing their will and deviant Islam over others.