Updated on 23/12/2013
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Muharram amidst the pandemic has been a challenge for all of us. However, it presented an opportunity to prove to the world that the commemorations of Ashura and Arba’een cannot be stopped under any circumstances. Alhamdulillah, we are blessed to have access to online lectures at the tip of our fingers and it would be safe to say that most of us are spoilt for choice when it comes to English/Arabic/Farsi and Urdu resources. However, the same is not true for various other languages and especially Spanish being the world’s fourth most spoken language.
The World Federation’s External Tableegh department organised online Muharram activities for the Spanish community members in Spain and the Latin American countries to meet their needs of Tableegh in their native language. For this purpose, 55 videos were produced during the months of Muharram and Safar, one video being broadcasted daily.
The objectives of these videos were:
The speakers for these videos were:
The topics were chosen according to the understanding and needs of the local Spanish-speaking communities worldwide and the subject matter of the videos revolved around Muharram, Imam Husayn (as) and his sacrifice in Karbala. Some of the topics covered in these videos are:
Start of the Muslim’s Lunar New Year with grief and mourning.
These videos were broadcasted in more than 20 Latin American countries, including:
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, and Spain.
The adverts for these video broadcasts were done through social media pages and they received overwhelming responses from the Spanish communities with over 8100 total views and more than 400 comments. The masses were very appreciative of these programmes rarely available in the Spanish language. Some of the comments that we received:
“Although I knew the meaning of the month of Muharram, I had never heard stories in Spanish, only what I had researched and read ... thank you very much” – Mila Komaiha
“Ya Aba Abdullah Ya Abbas Ya Allah. Thank you very much Shaykh. These narrations in Spanish were needed, thanks for explaining to us about the name Umm Albanin” – Zehra Lee
“Salam. I am from Ceuta Spain. Today I have listened to him with my children. It is very constructive. We appreciate the effort and dedication. Maajuor” – Khalid Ben Jouda
“What a wonderful presentation. Worthy of honour to our hero of God's justice, Imam Husayn (as) Peace be upon Him” – Espada Sagrada Zulfikar
“Thanks Shaykh for such a detailed explanation of our Imam Husayn (as) may Allah (swt) peace be upon him blessings to our Prophet Muhammad (as) and all his family” – Mohamed Ismael
Updated on 23/12/2013
The Zivot Foundation has distributed this newsletter with updates and news about their recent activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The newsletter can also be viewed online
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By RAIHAN ISMAIL
Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia