Ashura Shiite BLOOD FEST 2004 (WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

AP, AFP and others

[PureSolace]

It's that time of year again... Ashura, the Shiite Blood Letting.

[PureSolace]

Ashura, which marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Muslim saint Imam Hussein in 680 AD, is observed by Shiites with mourning parades and frenzied displays of self-flagellation(AFP/Aamir QureshiHI)

[cmsgop]

My God.........

[ibbryn]

They better knock it off before somebody gets hurt.

[IAmNotAnAnimal]

That baby, I, I I don't know what to say - I'm, we need to save that baby, I can;t even fathom this, I'm speechless, I'm crying, my god

[Afro_conservative]

I thought you were "tolerant"

[crz]

Behold the worlds oldest cult..

[quantim]

There are no words.

[sangoo]

Easy, people, this is the religion of peace...they are just fellowshipping.

[pax_et_bonum]

ping

[dwills]

move along, nothing to see here . . .

christians do this same schtick in the old county--a small percentage, just as among muslims

[GulfWar1Vet]

QUICK!

Someone send these pictures to President Bush! Maybe, just maybe, it would persuade him that Islam is NOT a peaceful religion!

[sport]

If they do that to themselves, what would they do to you, or me either for that matter.

[annyokie]

ping

[Per-Ling]

Oooh... serious biohazard! Give me some rubbah glubs, and fast!

[Cold Heat]

"Just Damn!"

[Professional Engineer]

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[The Mayor]

This is the enemy

[smith288]

And you thought your sunburn from last summer hurt for a week or so...

[SJackson]

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Maybe it's just a fashion thing

The arrow-through-the-head gag never gets old. Indian designers Manju and Bobby Grover incorporated these hair pins into the July 22 show during Lakme India Fashion Week in Bombay.

[SJackson]

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Maybe it's just a fashion thing

The arrow-through-the-head gag never gets old. Indian designers Manju and Bobby Grover incorporated these hair pins into the July 22 show during Lakme India Fashion Week in Bombay.

[BJungNan]

Really, Really Weird ;^0__

[Happy2BMe]

Let's Take IT To The Streets of N.Y.C.!

(Then Detroit, Baltimore, Miami, Houston, L.A. . .)

[Slings and Arrows]

Hmmm, maybe they should switch to electric razors.

(The aftershave lotion is REALLY gonna sting!)

[nunoste]

And these are the moderates.

[Arthalion]

Oh my God....

Personally, if people want to beat themselves, cut themselves, starve themselves, or immolate themselves to prove their faith to God, then I cannot stand in their way...only God can judge whether that behavior is appropriate or not. But what kind of MONSTER takes a dagger to the head of a BABY to prove their faith?!?!?!?!? Unfskingbelievable paganistic nonsense! That man should be in prison!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Where are the "Passion" critics when you need them?

[Lijahsbubbe]

I'm shocked - NOT.

Nothing new to see here. A bunch of Muslims and blood.

[af_vet_1981]

Ashura was patterned after Yom Kippur. Mohammed originally placed it on the same date but later moved it when he turned against the Jews.

[BluH2o]

The other day I hit the garage door opener/closer as I walked out to my car idling in the driveway. Usually I just sort of duck down a little as I walk out ... with the garage door closing behind me. This time I was a distracted by our cat, which was outside, and acting like it might make a run for the garage. Anyway, I didn't duck soon enough and the garage door hit me on the top of the head. For a brief period I looked as if I were one of these self-flagulation Muslim types ... told my barber a few days later I was break dancing, did a head spin, and what he was seeing were rug burns.;)

[Lijahsbubbe]

Doctor, it hurts when I go like this....

[SupplySider]

The word ashura means demon in sanskrit. It does seem like a demon is in charge of this.

[Blood of Tyrants]

They are still worshipping Marduk the moon god, I see. Look in the bible, the tradition of blooding and self flaggilation has been carried on in that rgion for thousands of years.

[Petronski]

Life is not precious to them.

[DCPatriot]

You owe me a keyboard! ;^)

[DCPatriot]

"If they do that to themselves, what would they do to you, or me either for that matter."

And the government should be able to forbid this type of cult-like behavior.

If the religion calls for it, then that religion needs to be outlawed.

Period.

[FITZ]

Definite child abuse going on.

[Slings and Arrows]

[Trinity_Tx]

I agree.

While I personally find zero redeeming qualities in that whole culture, Remember the movie "A Man Called Horse"?

I have to remind myself that a lot of us don't hold the American Indians who did similar things in quite such contempt. I would wager that some of us even admire them in a strange sort of way...

Even when they forced young boys to prove their manhood via similarly barbaric practices.

But to do it to a baby...

[Yudan]

You guys are not gonna believe this.

It's all fun and games until somebody gets an eye put out.

[fiftymegaton]

How can we expect these people ever to be peaceful?

[Afro_conservative]

Please read the rules of posting at FR. You do not take a disagreement from one thread to another. If you disagree with me on the other thread, that's fine, I can live with that. You stalking me from post to post I cannot! Please take it up with the moderator if you are confused.

[onyx]

I can't figure these people, Yudan. They seem to love blood shed. Yours, mine and even their own. Too primitive for me.

[rbmillerjr]

Cele brate
Cele brate

Dance to the music.

These people are so sick.