Martyrs were created during the Iranian revolution to help recruit enough people to fight against …show more content…
It is a highly effective tool within the Shi’a religion. It managed to divide Sunni and Shi’a Muslims. The Shi’a were the betrayed, the constantly oppressed and the Sunni were the ones persecuting and betraying them. The sects became truly divided once Hussein was murdered. Up until this instant they were not yet distinct sects of Islam. They had not had a defining moment, but after this point there was no turning back. The Sunni’s follow the murderer Yazid and the Shi’a will follow the son of their martyr. The martyrdom that is born with the death of Hussein remains a defining concept for Shi’a Islam today. Martyrdom defines the ultimate death of a Shi’a Muslim; to die for your beliefs is the ideal death. To become someone who will sacrifice themselves for their religion is the goal. This is shown in the Iranian revolution because people join the demonstrations and protests knowing that they could be killed but they do it because it would be an honorable death, to die like