hereditary for his descendants, while he was judged in the above manner by the worthy Leaders and influential men of Islamic society, whereas there existed in that community such personalities as Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn, who were the heirs of all the glory and greatness of the Banu Hashim and descendants of the holy Prophet, and loved so deeply by the Muslims?
Therefore, in order to preserve his position as a ruler and consolidate its foundation on the one hand, and to make it hereditary in his house on the other hand, Mu'awiyah was compelled to disperse the people by every possible means from around the Prophet's and 'Ali's household, and turn their hearts away from them, in order to attract them towards himself and his own house! For this reason he started such a war against that household and their devoted followers that children were aged with fear, and the whole land was colored with Muslim blood, and Muslim women were sold in the slave markets!
To this end Mu'awiyah employed everything which was at his disposal, such as money, power, plot, cunning and political genius. Moreover, as he possessed a very black record in the history of Islam, he resorted to every pretext in the attainment of his goal, to capture the simple hearts of the people and dominate their immature minds, such as the claims for avenging the blood of 'Uthman whom he called an innocent and martyred caliph!

Tradition making or
a cover for Inferiority complexes

Mu'awiyah had no scruple about lying and calumny.

Mu'awiyah used two pillars for his evil propaganda: On the one hand he tried to steal genuine things by means of brain washing and rob the primary cultures and fundamental beliefs of the Muslims from them, and on the other hand replace those beliefs by his own ideas which had their source in the Arab