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Ahmad Masood / Reuters
An Afghan Shiite Muslim man prays during a Muharram procession to mark Ashoura in Kabul Dec. 13, 2010.
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
Afghan Shiite Muslim men flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession in Kabul Dec. 13, 2010.
Shah Marai / AFP - Getty Images
Afghan Shiite devotees beat themselves with chains and blades during a Muslim ritual as part of Ashoura celebrations at a mosque in Kabul on Dec. 13.
From Getty: Ashoura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in a battle in Karbala in Iraq, in 680 AD.
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"Mourn, pray flagellate" isn't that the name of a popular book that got made into a movie?
What can you say about ignorance, and backwardness. The world is seeing a glimpse of the violence of Islam, who started by wars and murders and continues on the same path of terror.
only the blind will call it the religion of peace.
its a pity that self flagellatation is not fatal...especially to these groups of people
To Silkcut and Kammel and all the other ignorant posters, Christians flagellate themselves also, every religion has odd traditions. Some jewish rabbis when they circumsize the infant boy, suck on his penis to get the blood out..Hindus burn their dead and throw the ashes in the water they bathe and enter in. There are Christians who dance with rattlesnakes in church. There are Christians who hang themselves on hooks in the name of Christ. Everything I said is a fact and verifiable. So give me a break, the unusual acts of some should not be imputed on all members of a faith and who the heck are you guys to judge? IF YOU GO TO CHURCH AND THAT IS A BIG IF, AND IF YOU PAY ATTENTION AND THAT IS A HUGE IF, ONE OF JESUS CHRIST'S MAIN TENETS IS TO NOT JUDGE!! First learn to follow your own religion before you judge others.
My Dear,
Muslim divided in few cult/mazhab/group
Sunni is one of it,