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Ashura stampede leaves at least 31 dead (Shia festival)
CNN ^ | September 10, 2019 | Mohammed Tawfeeq

Posted on 09/10/2019 8:34:45 AM PDT by rdl6989

At least 31 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a stampede in the Iraqi city of Karbala, as Shia Muslim worshipers commemorated Ashura on Tuesday, according to Iraq's health ministry.

Thousands had jammed the streets to attend festivals marking the most important Shia holy day of the year.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iraq; islam; shiites
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This seems to happen a lot during islamic pilgrimages etc.
1 posted on 09/10/2019 8:34:45 AM PDT by rdl6989
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Is that like the Calgary stampede? No?


2 posted on 09/10/2019 8:36:24 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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I see what you did there.


3 posted on 09/10/2019 8:37:40 AM PDT by rdl6989
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((This seems to happen a lot during islamic pilgrimages etc.))

It’s part and parcel of their events whenever the people get together....even their family events often end with one form of death or violence. Accidental and otherwise.


4 posted on 09/10/2019 8:43:58 AM PDT by caww
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Not enough hands for crowd control.


5 posted on 09/10/2019 8:44:39 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: rdl6989

Happy Ashura!






Shia Muslims Celebrate Ashura By Cutting Their Son's Heads With a Knife, Until They Bleed Profusely, Thus Commemorating the Way Mohamed's Grandson Died One the Battlefield.

I Am NOT Making This Up.

6 posted on 09/10/2019 8:46:34 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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That’s crazy!


7 posted on 09/10/2019 8:47:05 AM PDT by rdl6989
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Who ever said *slam was SANE?


8 posted on 09/10/2019 8:47:39 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: rdl6989
Asherah pole?


9 posted on 09/10/2019 8:48:07 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Thank you for some cheerful news to start my day!


10 posted on 09/10/2019 8:49:13 AM PDT by montag813
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All cultures are equal.


11 posted on 09/10/2019 8:52:13 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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Somebody whispered bacon to someone standing next to him.


12 posted on 09/10/2019 8:52:48 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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The politically correct way to view this “tragic” incident is that we must give them credit for trying and because their self-esteem as a people may be at stake. /s


13 posted on 09/10/2019 8:53:06 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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Throwing in horse and riders in a crowd of a million isn't exactly an ideal formula........


14 posted on 09/10/2019 8:56:17 AM PDT by caww
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the most important Shia holy day of the year.

Interesting euphemism, "holy day." It's a holiday to remember when Ali was murdered on the steps of the Golden Mosque in Najaf. He was assumed to be Mohammed's heir. When he was assassinated, it led to the current Sunni/Shia schism. It basically has no religiosity to it; it's all about men and power over others and one group not getting their shot at running the show 1400 years ago.

15 posted on 09/10/2019 9:00:15 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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IIRC, Ashura is the holiday with a lot of self cutting and other forms of self-flagellation.

A stampede of the faithful during such a display would be a bloody mess.


16 posted on 09/10/2019 9:14:31 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Yes, that’s the holiday.


17 posted on 09/10/2019 9:24:02 AM PDT by rdl6989
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Running of the Bullsh*t.


18 posted on 09/10/2019 9:26:21 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam stupid!)
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Tough little savages, ain’t they...


19 posted on 09/10/2019 9:39:29 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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As the twig is bent...


20 posted on 09/10/2019 9:58:10 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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