Muslim Views, August 2020

THIS Muharram heralds a new year with a new normal. In light of COVID-19, we need to take stock of the way forward. More than ever before, we need to enter the new year in a way that pleases Allah SWT, and what better way than to act in the interest of society. Despite the recent easing of restrictions to Level 2, we need to continue what we have been practising the past few months: social-distancing, wearing masks, washing hands. Muharram also marks the month in which the beloved grandson of our Prophet (SAW), Imam Husain (RA), offered the supreme sacrifice. He sacrificed his life for a just society in the face of tyranny and oppression. We cannot betray the supreme sacrifice of the grandson of the Prophet (SAW) by remaining silent in the face of a global and local political order that sustains itself by accumulating wealth and power in the hands of a few.