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The Youtubers Dilemma

My uploading at YouTube has been suspended for two weeks second time my Naga Sadhu video shot in 2016 at Khamakhya was flagged and a Hijra slideshow .

So I decided to make all my Naga Sadhu Kumbh mela videos all the Kumbhs I have shot as PRIVATE .
I had age restricted them too but I do not want to show them anymore ,,

I have no other option but to upload my videos at YouTube .

I age restricted all my Shia Moharam kama matam sword matam videos.

Just to be on the safe side I age restricted all my Qadri Rafaee ratib pictures of zarb..

So now I will follow YouTube terms rules conditions shoot videos avoiding whatever hurts them below the belt.

All my videos at YouTube are marked as PhotoJournalism I have never used my videos to hurt any religion caste or community ,..I have shot over 4000 videos with 15.75 million views .

I only shoot India diverse faith culture rituals street life .

The only plus point of my life as a videographer that one video among 4000 YouTube videos saved a mans life gave him another chance this was a fluke video I had no agenda when I shot this video..of Manipuri native Gambhir Singh .

So even if YouTube deletes my channel as I have two penalty strikes I will have absolutely no regrets ,,,I will not shoot prank videos I will not shoot what others shoot ,, I will continue shooting from my heart my people my surroundings and my country ,,,

First and Last

Documenting Shiasm Moharam in Metro Cities of India

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I have shot Moharam Ashura Chehlum in Mumbai ..
I have shot Moharam in Hussain Tekri Chehlum Jaorah
I have shot Moharam Ashura in Kolkatta
I have shot Moharam Ashura and Chehlum in Delhi
I have shot Moharam  Ashura Chehlum Athvi in Lucknow
I have shot Moharam Ashura Chehlum in Hyderabad .
I have shot Moharam Ashura in Chennai

My entire series on Shiasm Moharam is housed at Flickr ..

I hardly shoot in Mumbai I prefer to shoot either in Lucknow Hyderabad ..

I chose a city that has kamazani zanjir zani as I do my kama matam too .

My Moharam script is blood and gore ... and my Karbala is India ..

For me as a Shia where tears fall for Hussain it is Karbala
Where drop of blood fall in memory of Hussain it is Karbala,

Every place is Karbala every day is Ashura

Shiasm

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Allah Huma Lan Qatalatal Ameerul Momineen

Our Blood Is a 1400 Year Old Protest
Against The Killers of Imam Ali Imam Hussain
Oppressors whom we curse and detest
We cut our heads our backs our chest
Till the day we die this will continue
a pledge with our blood we attest
our children our children s children
till the generation next..you kill us you
persecute us bomb us but you cant
erase the name of Hussain within our
breast ..Azadari the soul of Shiasm
when he along with with his family
enters our humble homes as our guests

Wishing All Lovers Of Imam Hussain Eid E Zehra Mubarak

EID E ZEHRA OR EID E SHUJAH 9 RABILAWAL

Eid-e-Shuja', also known as Eid-e-Zahra, is the day of Eid for most Twelver Shī‘a and marks the end of the mourning period after the events of the Battle of Karbala. It is celebrated on the 9th of Rabi' al-Awwal of the Hijri calendar. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", and Shuja' means "brave" or "courageous". It stands for "Eid of the brave and courageous companions of Hussein ibn Ali" who fought in the battle of Karbala. Eid-e-Zahra stands for "Eid of the family of Fatimah". According to some Shi'a traditions, this is the day when the heads of the key murderers in the battle of Karbala, Umar ibn Sa'ad and Ubayd-Allah ibn Ziyad, who were killed by Mukhtar, reached Imam Zainul Abedeen and brought a smile on his face[citation needed]. Many Shi'a prepare for Eid by applying intricate designs called mehndi to hands and wear bangles, usually each meaning different things. This event doesn't fall on a specific date of the gregorian calendar since the holiday is based on the lunar calendar.

Significance[edit]
The two-month period of Azadari (mourning) reaches its conclusion with the death of the 11th Twelver Shī‘a Imām, Imam Hassan Askari on the 8th of Rabi al-Awwal. The day that follows, according to some Shi'ite tradition, is considered the greatest Eid (celebration) for some followers of the Twelver Shī‘a sect. Also known as Eid-e-Zahra, this day honours the daughter of Muhammad as a day of great joy and happiness[citation needed].

One of the events which is marked on this day is the believed beginning of the Imamate of the 12th Twelver Shī‘a Imām, al-Hujjah ibn al-Hasan, though highly disputed among several Twelver Shī‘a sects, such as the Ismā'īlī and Zaydī Shī'ī sects, who each believe in a different number of Imāms and, for the most part, a different path of succession regarding the Imāmate.

This is also believed by some Twelver Shī‘a traditions to be the first time that the 4th Imām smiled and rejoiced[citation needed] after the events of Karbala in which he saw his entire family and friends killed by Ibne Ziyaad, Umar ibne Sa’d, Yazid ibne Mu’awiyah and others. It is believed that on the 9th of Rabi’ul Awwal of the year 67 A.H., Mukhtar sent the head of Ubaydallah Ziyad to Imam Zainul Abedeen who was in Makkah at the time[citation needed].

1400 Bad Phir Yazid Jag Utha

Yeh shor E giryaa
Yeh shor E Matam,
Uska Dam Ghuta
Matam e Hussain
Band Karne Ke Liye
Dil Se Woh Juta

Abbas Bhi Jag Utha

I Shoot Dreams Etched In Reality And Blood

droplets that kiss the mud
on the soul of humanity
causing a flood undying
protest rising from the dust
bleed we must in god we
trust ..he quenches our
thirst..we wont corrode
we wont rust ..lanats
on the followers of
yazid accursed ..

Moharam is a Protest Against The Killers of Imam Hussain

They call us Kafir
Rafidi they mock
they jeer ,,

Yes We Are Shias
Yes We Are Shias

Hussain is Humanity
A thought to us dear

1400 year old protest
against misplaced jehad
they did not hear ..through
our blood we made it clear

Ya Hussain Ya Hussain
A Chant That Brings
Karbala  near ..we
are the blessings of
a Mothers Tears ..

Yes We Are Shias
Yes We Are Shias

Shiasm Is The Oldest Protest Against Terrorism And Misplaced Jehad In The History Of The World

I have shot Moharam Ashura in almost all the major cities of India , starting from Mumbai , Lucknow Hyderabad Mehmoodabad Kolkatta Hussan Tekri  Chennai Delhi
and Shiasm is a path of  Peace ..Moharam has been a protest the only Protest 1400 year old against Terrorism in Islam .. propagated by the Umayads and in its new avatar as ISIS.

Sunnis and Shias live in mutual coexistence but the Wahabis Salafis Tablighis dont want it ,,

I have documented Moharam in pictures for the Non Muslims foreigners ,,

As Photographers We All Shoot What Suits Us Best

It is very easy to criticize a persons cultural phenomenon or his religious diversity as absurd , depraved , monolithic or whatever , as the culture background you come from this is an aberration , unseen absurdity ..

But for those who partake of this self infliction , this bleeding which is a fervor not a trance not under the influence of drugs but a spiritual protest by  a section of Muslims who believe in the same Maker the same Holy Prophet the same Holy Book.. but they believe in the Progeny of the Holy Prophet too his lineage his bloodline that passes from his daughter Princess Fatima her husband Ali Ibne Talib and her children Hassan and Hussain.

The Holy Prophets grandson was brutally murdered while he was praying in the battle of Karbala , the genocide the brutality the bestiality of Yazid s butchery , Yazid was the Caliph of the Umayad Dynasty ..

This chapter has been removed from most of the books of History by vested interests , and made this battle a political one thereby trying to condone the killing of the Holy Prophets Family ,and the start of ethnic cleansing killing of the followers of Hussain for heresy , persecution and it continues till date now more official under the modern Yazid The So Called Caliph Abubakr of ISIS,,

The killing of Christians rape ignominy ..crucifixion, decapitation , enslavement of women children is nothing short of genetic Arab barbarism and the silence of the rest of the Arab word , no Fatwa by the Grand Muftis against this evil adventurism..

Shias are thus abhorred for reminding the rest of the Islamic world of the true Genesis of Terrorism that began on the Sands of Karbala , the Chant Ya Hussain. is a cry for Freedom from all this Mayhem ..so persecuted as heretics  shot down gunned but the cry of Hussain spreads like wildfire among those who have stood up against Oppressors Tyrants and Dictators ,,

This is Shiasm in a nutshell..

As a photographer I am incapable to shoot flowers insects mountains landscapes I do not have that meritorious gift like some of you ..I am a simple photographer I shoot simple things and I will never shoot to ridicule your religion your faith or your ethnicity I would rather commit suicide ,,, you live every day I die everyday ,, death is meaningless .. I die when I shoot beggars the hijras the homeless the hopeless ,,

I shoot your religion become a Hindu or a Christian behind the camera and I dont shoot to make money  , we are blogger s photo bloggers lowest down the ladder .. we are neither mentioned by the people we shoot nor by paid or mainstream Media and our pictures are published not on newspapers but on the consciousness of Man,, We are not just a picture but a earth shattering Tweet too,

This world is absurd but as photographers we bring you  to the core of its intrinsic reality ...

Thanks

Shooting Moharam In Chennai ,, Ashura 10 Moharam

I began shooting Moharam about 15 years back after I took up Photography as a hobby..

My genre was documenting the various cultures rituals in my city Mumbai.. and being a Shia has nothing to do with my shooting Shiasm..
I shot Shiasm mainly to showcase to my non Muslim foreigner friends the world of a Shia during Moharam. and soon it became a passion I tried to shoot the main Moharam days  Ashura Chehlum  in Mumbai.

Than in 2003 or 2004 I shot Moharam in Hyderabad both Ashura and Chehlum  , later shot  Athvi a very important day when Moharam ends in Lucknow and Eid E Zehra the happy Shia day also known as Navi .

I shot Kolkatta Ashura , Hussain tekri Mehmoodabad , Chennai this series in 2010,  and Delhi Ashura with my close American  friend Dr Glenn Losack.

I shot Lucknow Ashura and Chehlum too big huge Shia days in the city of the Nawabs ,, A Shia citadel Nakhas and Kazmain.


This year an eminent French photo journalist wishes to accompany me to shoot Ashura inHyderabad , another Spanish photographer too has shown his inclination , I have no issue as culture should be shared as a human perspective emotions feelings more than its unique religiosity .


And Chennai Ashura is a intense chapter in Ghame Hussain , adults kids bleeding reminding the world of their 1400 year old protest against spiritual terrorism in Islam by the Umayad dynasty under Caliph Yazid .. the accursed butcher of Karbala ..

Shias Are The Only Race To Condemn Terrorism In Islam Since 1400 Years

Documenting Shiasm In India - Ashura Chennai Moharam

Shiasm In India

Shiasm shot by me all over India

SHIITES AND SHIAISM, Shi’aism, Shia, Shias, Shî’ah, sheee, shi’ites,

MY SHIA COLLECTION AT FLICKR

Shi’it, Shi’at, Shiaa,  Allaah Hu Akbar ..luckily this site has nothing to do without sectarian hate , you do what you have to do we do what we have do this site does not pimp to petro powered wahabbi overlords..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/firozeshakir/collections/72157607302875776/

They Thought By Persecuting The Shias ..They Would Make Them Disappear

a chant
the world hears
as the blood flows
along with our tears
as death draws near
a black shroud goes
another appears
beating his chest
in his mothers
womb focused
all clear ..
the birth of a shia
waiting for the golden
dawn when the mahdi
reappears ..all eyes
all ears  a faith
we hold dear

The Shia Blogger - Tandav on the Soul of Shimr

Shiasm a set At Flickr

Shias of Mumbai

Shiasm at Flickr