Re: Political Aspects of Religious Movement
^ I was refering to the verses composed by yazid after battle at karbala and sack of medina ....
at any rate without taking any specific names as we dont want another sectarian riot here
i agree with your first point but that concern it not wholly political afterall isnt it a Quranic duty " to stand upto justice as witnesses unto God " and to enjoin good and forbid evil ?
like I said many people who revolted against ummayyads solely for worldly motives like yazid b muhallab] but a great many did it for religious reasons as well which can be political as well as nonpolitical ]
i think we should not use the term "political" as if we mean "worldly"
because by that defination all organized religion revolutionary or counter-revolutionary activity is political