Moharram in Singapore

This year the Moharam in singapore was observed with majalis being organised in
Urdu, Gujrati and Malay. I being an urdu speaking person was able to attend two majalis and matam daily and while attending the majlis and matam could not stop thinking about 'who won in Karbala', its indeed a proof of faliure of yazid that today all over the world including singapore the people remember Husein (AS) as the savior of Islam and curse Yazid. The majalis for children were held in English language on weekly basis.

The Ashura was observed together with the Malay, Gujrati, Persian and Urdu speaking shia
muslims all sharing the sorrow of Hazrat Fatima (AS) and crying for the one that gave the sacrifice of his life and that of his family so that the religion could be reached to all future generations in its true form. It was an awesome site for me to see the people reciting nohas in persian, urdu, malay and english and everyone participating in all the matam, not understanding the exact words but understanding the message. I was especially touched by the enthusiasm of Malays.

The elders told me that there were very few shias in singapore and by the grace of Allah and efforts of some people, there has been conversions to shiaism and combined with the expatriate shia community the numbers will easily run into hundreds or thousands now. They also told me that each year the majalis become more and more crowded and InshAllah I am hopeful that the trend will continue and more people will be able to get the religious knowledge through the teachings of the Ahl-e-bait who are the Bab-ul-ilm.

I also wish and pray that may Allah strengthen those who are working in this direction and reward them in this world and hereafter for their invaluable services to the deen-e-huq.