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==The Battle of Karbala==
Accounts of the Battle of Karbala can be summarized as follows. In the year 680 C.E., Hussain, who was also the third imam of the [[Shiʿa|Shi'a]], was killed in the desert of southern Iraq along with over seventy of his family and close friends by troops loyal to the caliph Yazid. The women and children were taken prisoner and paraded in various cities, adding to the humiliation the move also provided opportunities for these women, particularly Hussain's sister [[Zaynab]], to speak out publicly against Yazid. Yazid is portrayed by the Shias as notoriously corrupt, immoral, and oppressive. Hence, Hussain's movement and subsequent [[martyrdom]] is understood by the Shiʻa as an epic struggle between good and evil. For the Shi a this event has served as a vindication of the Shi'ite cause in the face of [[Sunni]] criticism, as well as constituting the central event in their understanding of human history.