Saudi Terrorism On The Soul of the Shias of Bahrain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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I begin my new set at Flickr.com titled Mumbai's March of a Million - Pro Bahrain Protest that was held at Azad Maidan this afternoon at 3.30pm to show our solidarity with the oppressed people of Baharain and Yemen.
This was a momentous gathering a memorable moment as the scholars and religious heads of both the Shia and the Sunni sects came together as Muslims condemning the act of Terrorism on Humanity by Saudi Arabia and other Arab troops in Bahrain.,.this was highly commendable and spoke volumes of the secular spirit of Amchi Mumbai and its Muslim community.
The crowds were predominantly Shia men women and children holding banners flags and placards.
Every member of the respective school of though came on the dais including Mr Ahuja a Sikh gentleman ,Maulana Darybadi of the Ulema Council was vocal and stressed the pain the Muslim community feels collectively against the oppression of the people of Bahrain and Yemen.
Maulana Hasnain Karari too was evocative and stressed the need of the international community raising its voice against the matrix of evil Saudi Arabia America and Israel.
There were slogans and despite the heat and the discomfort of the burning sun the crowds listened avidly.
However one man held the crowds in rapt attention he had the crowds eating out of his hands a young versatile dynamic Maulana from Pune Mr Noor Ali Abidi , he spoke in chaste Marathi the poetic language of peace of the proud people of Maharashtra , he was cogent to the point and his words laced with satire pleased the Urdu speaking crowds..And for once I thought I will invite this Maulana to recite a Majilis in Marathi for my Marathi Facebook friends Aaditya Thackeray and Purvesh Sarnaik and their friends.
There were other Maulanas too both Shia and Sunni who each came and added to the task at hand.
Than came the Bahraini students studying in India they were overwhelmed wit the support for their people of Bahrain.
Mr Abbas Kazmi the Shia poster boy of Mumbai was there too gracing the occasion with his wit and charming personality.
I shall keep text minimum I shot a 9 GB card and this set is dedicated to the Bahraini students and the proud valiant people of Bahrain.
Mr Safdar Karmali Mr Javed Shroff other Shia luminaries were there too this was a over 15000 crowd..
