Re: Why do Sunnis have a problem with Matam?
its a celebration of the shism
they give a higher status to the imams then they do to the quran or the sunnah. both of which they try their utmost to discredit. so quranic and sunnah injunctions are not considered into their religion. they have very few narrations actually from the prophet saw
they have the same problem with the sahaba, may Allah be pleased with them, as they do with the quranpak - ie that neither conforms to their belief in imamat
originally they started out with the belief that ali ra is god (nauzubillah) or some took dawa from people with such views but many pressures have forced them into a position to tonedown their views.
ive recently heard its haram for shias to fast on them days because the person who killed hussain ra was fasting on them