Persecution of Sadaath

Shi'ism During the 2nd/8th Century.

During the latter part of
the first third of the 2nd/8th century, following a series of
revolutions and bloody wars throughout the Islamic world which were due
to the injustice, repressions, and wrongdoings of the Umayyads, there
began an anti-Umayyad movement in the name of the Household of the
Prophet in Khurasan in Persia. The leader of this movement was the
Persian general, Abu Muslim Marwazi, who rebelled against Umayyad rule
and advance his cause step by step until he was able to overthrow the
Umayyad government.

Although this movement originated from a
profound Shia background and came into being more or less with the
claim of wanting to avenge the blood of the Household of the Prophet
(sawws),
and although people were even asked secretly to give allegiance to a
qualified member of the family of the Prophet, it did not rise directly
as a result of the instructions of the Imams. This is witnessed by the
fact that when Abu Muslim offered the caliphate to the sixth Imam (asws)
in
Medina he rejected it completely saying "You are not one of my men and
the time is not my time."

Finally the Abbasids gained the
caliphate in the name of the family of the Prophet and at the beginning
showed some kindness to people in general and to descendants of the
Prophet in particular. In the name of avenging the martyrdom of the
family of the Prophet, they massacred the Umayyads, going to the extent
of opening their graves and burning whatever they found in them. But
soon they began to follow unjust ways of the Umayyads and did not
abstain in any way from injustice and irresponsible action. Abu
Hanifah, the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, was
imprisoned by al-Mansur and whipped. The sixth Imam died from poisoning
after much torture and pain.

The descendants of the Holy
Prophet were sometimes beheaded in groups, buried alive, or even placed
within walls of government buildings under construction.

http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/tabatabai.htm

This can also be found
in a book by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy called ''the restatement of history
of Islam and muslims'' more information may be obtained from the
following websites...

http://www.al-islam.org/restatement/

http://www.iranchamber.com/religions/articles/history_of_shiism.php

Lanat on the Umayyads and Abbasids!

Beyshumar...