Some Quotes

"The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Hussayn
and his Companions were the rigid believers of God. They illustrated that
numerical superiority does not count when it comes to truth and falsehood.
The victory of Hussayn despite his minority marvels me."
Thomas Carlye

“I have learned from Husayn how to be oppressed yet victorious.”
Mahatma Ghandi

"I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed
sway over the hearts of millions of mankind.... I became more than ever
convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in
the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of
Hussain the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends
and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in
his own mission to save Islam. These and not the sword carried everything
before them and surmounted every obstacle."
Mahatma Ghandi

“If Husayn had fought to quench his worldly desires, as alleged by certain Christian critics, then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him.”
Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) – English novelist, Victorian era

“The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husayn and his companions were rigid believers in God.  They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood.  The victory of Husayn, despite his minority, marvels me!”
Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) – Famous British historian

“In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husayn, will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.  Without his martyrdom, Islam would have extinguished long ago.  He was the saviour of Islam and it was due to his martyrdom that Islam took such a deep root, which it is neither possible nor even imaginable to destroy now.”
Edward Gibbon (1737 – 1794) – Considered the greatest British historian of his time