Intro

Along with the changes in our world, it has been some years that we have decided to promote the culture of Ahl al-Bayt through a modern method so that we can present their message to the ones seeking right. The prerequisite of this approach is to focus on the young people and to communicate with the religious and scientific geniuses.

Imam Hussain and the related subjects have unique features which have drawn the attention of different tribes, nations and characters. We can barely find a religious matter that amazes people from all over the world like this. Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Zoroastrians are all into Imam Hussain and his call for peace, kindness and justice. This is the best means to attract people to the school of Al al-Bayt.

In this regard, (which is available in cyberspace with the range of Karbobala.com) specifically focuses on subjects related to the third Imam of Shias, Sayyid al-Shuhada as. The worldwide introduction of Imam Hussain and defending his school of thought are the main aims of it.

Based on this aim, the audience of Karbobala is all the people seeking the right, all the intellectuals and thoughtful people, who are seeking the right without any animus and accept the right with all their heart.

The general policy and ethics of the specialized channel of Imam Hussain as (Karbobala)

Some of the items that are available in this channel are: specialized essays, daily news, noetic speeches, ceremonial and Ashura poetry, bank of photos sorted by subject, literary texts. Also the system of is a place to register the information of the Heyats(groups of people mourning together for Imam Hussain) all over the country which is a proper system to get information about all the rituals and religious ceremonies of Heyats during the year.

To do all the activities mentioned above, Karbobala tries to apply some principles and the most important ones are as follows:

Independence: Karbobala is not dependent on any governmental or non-governmental movement, party, institution, organization, or person and it moves according to the policies and aim that it has defined for itself

Precision and accuracy: Karbobala does its best to provide precise information and uses trustworthy sources to produce data. The coworkers in Karbobala make sure to mention the original sources while providing data.

Specialized data: all the information on the is directly or indirectly related to Imam Hussain and it is in line with the aims of the website.

Being data based: the approach Karbobala has taken is totally data-based and this saying is the main model of the work: «خذ الحكمة ممّن أتاك بها و انظر إلى ما قال و لا تنظر إلى من قال‏» (Take the wisdom from the one who offers it to you, look at what was said rather than who has said that)

Being fair: one of the responsibilities of Karbobala is to provide information about the subjects related to Imam Hussain as. In this regard, it covers the news and publishes the interviews with experts in an unbiased way to show different opinions. As a result people’s views are not necessarily the website’s view.

Accountability: Karbobala is accountable and committed to its readers regarding the provided information.

Introducing the parts of the specialized website of Imam Hussain as (Karbobala)

Serving its aims, Karbobala has created different parts in the website which are going to be introduced.

Karbobala services include idea, history, literature and photos. Each one of these includes interviews, specialized news, notes, essays, pictorial reports and documents.

• News: all news related to Imam Hussain as is published on a daily basis in this part. Things like the reports of the rebuilding of Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat, Arba’in, news about registering for Ziyarat (pilgrimage), covering the occasional and religious ceremonies, pictorial reports, thorough coverage of the news in national websites are among the items that can be seen in the news part.
Doing specialized interviews based on Sayyid al-Shuhada is also among the outstanding features of this part.

• Idea: this service is a home for the hearts seeking truth and the minds seeking knowledge. The aim of this part is to promote the knowledge of the people who love Imam Hussain and to respond to the needs of the people who like contemplating. To reach this aim, in this part, the subject of Imam Hussain is considered in the aspects of belief, philosophy, verbal approach and mystical approach.

• History: this service intends to say the history of Imam Hussain in essays, pictures and geography. The clear expression of the history of life and martyrdom of Imam Hussain from the first hand sources, analyzing the history, answering the historical questions, observing people of high significance in history and expressing the geography of the history, pictures and reviewing the historical documents are among the services of the history part which Karbobala intends to do in the best possible way.

• Literature: Imam Hussain as and the event of Ashura have had a great impact on Persian literature. Poets have composed many poems about Imam Hussain and Ashura in centuries in a way that we can consider the poetry of Ashura as a separate genre in Persian literature.
Most of the Persian poets, even if they are not ceremonial poets, have at least one poem praising Sayyid al-Shuhada. These poets have great differences in their thoughts and religious beliefs and their interpretations about Ashura are different. What they all have in common is love and respect to Imam Hussain. We are trying to collect all the poems about Ashura to make them available for the ones who love Abu 'Abd Allah al-Hussain. The criterion based on which the poems are selected is the content and literary quality. As a result of this, the poems with problems in rhythmic patterns and rhyming words, or the ones with problems in meaning like underestimating Ahl al-Bayt or exaggerations about them, are not used.
Introducing research books about Ashura as well as Ashura poets is among the activities of this section which will be useful for the researchers and book lovers.

• Speeches: many researchers present their achievements in the format of a speech. All people are not able to listen to all of the speeches thoroughly. So this section has tried to present the selected parts of the speeches briefly under the name of “brief and interesting”.
Sorting the speeches and the lecturers based on the subject through the means of albums in this section has made the readers able to find what they like easily. Transcribing the albums and speeches is another service provided by this section which is designed to inform the readers more thoroughly about an audio file.

• Essays: providing scientific and specialized essays, this part tries to increase people’s knowledge about the subjects related to Sayyid al-Shuhada. Historical, analytical research and documented essays are among the items available in this section. Essay writing, reviewing and rewriting the books, collecting and selecting essays, republishing the written essays and etc. are among the activities done in this section.

• Photo Gallery: gallery is divided into two general sections of graphic images and photos. The images designed by graphic team of Karbobala in a modern pattern try to be a breath of fresh air in the religious graphic design.
High-quality pictures in the other albums are provided for the people to visit and use. These photos include religious places, ceremonies, days of martyrdom and birth all about Sayyid al-Shuhada.