Arbaeen 1444 AH

Importance of lament when confronting injustice

Rev. Andy Larsen will share experiences from his recent trip to Najaf and Karbala during Ashura 1444 AH. He will also talk about the importance of lament when confronting injustice and how the examples of Ali and Hussein are models, we can follow. We live by God's principles, and not for our own ego. While we live with injustice, we don't allow the injustice we experience to corrupt the will of God, or how we respond. We speak to, and confront injustice, but in a way that honors God's will. We don't succumb to the temptation to employ means unbecoming to God. And we look forward to the reign of God when peace, with justice, will be the way humanity lives.

Rev. Andrew Larsen is familiar face and a dear friend of many at IMAN. He is a peacemaker with a high-powered lens. Larsen…