So, whats in a word. Tell me what "Hussein" means

[dave29]

then get back to me on whether or not it's a "good" thing.

[Kagemusha]

1. Thought I heard it meant 'handsome'.

I know for sure it's about as common as John is in English. Does John mean anything? Besides in slang. I have no idea.

[rocktivity]

2. I heard that "hussein" MEANS "good" or "good-looking"!

:headbang:
rocknation

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Ain't it arabaic fer "terrist?"

[Hatalles]

4. Here's the Wiki entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Handsome one.

Well done.

http://baby-names.adoption.com/search/Hussein.html

[Vinca]

6. It means if Obama's the nominee the 'pukes will try to scare

the bejesus out of the dimwitted among us who will somehow think a relative of Sadam's is running for president. That old crone Bay Buchanan always says "Osama Obama" as it is.

[MADem]

7. It has religious overtones, too. Hussein was the younger son of Ali.

He played a key role in the Sunni-Shi'a split, and was killed at the battle of Karbala:

...Ali is the central figure at the origin of the Shia / Sunni split which occurred in the decades immediately following the death of the Prophet in 632. Sunnis regard Ali as the fourth and last of the "rightly guided caliphs" (successors to Mohammed (pbuh) as leader of the Muslims) following on from Abu Bakr 632-634, Umar 634-644 and Uthman 644-656. Shias feel that Ali should have been the first caliph and that the caliphate should pass down only to direct descendants of Mohammed (pbuh) via Ali and Fatima, They often refer to themselves as ahl al bayt or "people of the house" .

When Uthman was murdered while at prayer, Ali finally succeeded to the caliphate. Ali was, however, opposed by Aisha, wife of the Prophet (pbuh) and daughter of Abu Bakr, who accused him of being lax in bringing Uthman's killers to justice. After Ali's army defeated Aisha's forces at the Battle of the Camel in 656, she apologized to Ali and was allowed to return to her home in Madinah where she withdrew from public life.

However, Ali was not able to overcome the forces of Mu'awiya Ummayad, Uthman's cousin and governor of Damascus, who also refused to recognize him until Uthman's killers had been apprehended. At the Battle of Suffin Mu'awiya's soldiers stuck verses of the Quran onto the ends of their spears with the result that Ali's pious supporters refused to fight them. Ali was forced to seek a compromise with Mu'awiya, but this so shocked some of his die-hard supporters who regarded it as a betrayal that he was struck down by one of his own men in 661.

Mu'awiya declared himself caliph. Ali's elder son Hassan accepted a pension in return for not pursuing his claim to the caliphate. He died within a year, allegedly poisoned. Ali's younger son Hussein agreed to put his claim to the caliphate on hold until Mu'awiya's death. However, when Mu'awiya finally died in 680, his son Yazid usurped the caliphate. Hussein led an army against Yazid but, hopelessly outnumbered, he and his men were slaughtered at the Battle of Karbala (in modern day Iraq). Hussein's infant son, Ali, survived so the line continued. Yazid formed the hereditary Ummayad dynasty. The division between the Shia and what came to be known as the Sunni was set.

http://www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm

[valerief]

8. He Who's Sane. nt

[tammywammy]

9. LOL

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