Re: ~! Yazid? Was he really what they make him out to be?
If you really want to know about Yazid i think you should research it yourself. Obviously you will find different opinion on the matter.
The subject, specially in these times is incredibly inflamatory, i think its childish to call yazid - "hazrat" or to curse Uthman, Abu-bakr and Umar, it just antogonizes people for whom clearly this is a sensitive topic.
There are several books, articles written by western scholars (atleast the ones i know about) which outline the destruction of Islam. Our growing population is viewed as a threat to the zionists and other bigoted people. Its very convenient that Muslims are busy butchering each other it really jsut makes the zionists and imperialistic bigots job a lot easier.
Unity is absolutely necessary for our survival. So the next time some idiot says something that makes you angry at sunni's or shia's take a moment and think about the hundred of thousands of muslims killed daily, the inhumane manner in which they are butchered in lebonon, palestine, bosnia, iraq, etc! some are even tortured, women raped, men whose limbs are cut off and eyes poked out before they are killed, think of these atrocities and tragedies and recognize that the magnitude of whats being done to muslims collectively is so much worse, and so much bigger then these minute differences. Even if the bani hashim and bani ummayids hated each other and faought each other ruthlessly - is it necessary to continue the fued - specially in these trying times!
your opinion about yazid, mawiya, usman etc will not enlighten anyone, it will not change hearts and minds, you will not suddenly convert the shia/ sunni you are addressing, all your remarks will do is create rifts, antogonize your fellow muslim bretherin.
we must make efforts to ind common ground! we must keep these discussion which incite and create hate to a minimum! otherwise shia/ sunni we will not survive these trying times!
my very personal opinion is that people who bring up such subjects are rather backwards and selfish! incapable of putting thier own opinions/ issues aside for the benefit of all Muslims!
There is a lot more we (sunni and shia) have in common! Why can we not focus on that? I am telling you as a person who is the in the know, who is well read and literate about int'l political matters!! if we continue this way, if we do not rise above these trivial differences and debates, Islam will not last, and all Muslims will collectively suffer. Our fates our in our hands. I hope to see a change in our discourse from here on out!