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Turkish Shiite men take part in a religious procession held for Ashura in Istanbul on Dec. 5, 2011.
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Turkish Shiites take part in a religious procession held for Ashura in Istanbul on Dec. 5, 2011. Ashura commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by armies of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD.
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A veiled Turkish Shiite woman takes part in a religious procession held for Ashura in Istanbul on Dec.5, 2011. Ashura commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by armies of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD. Tradition holds that the revered imam was decapitated and his body mutilated in the Battle of Karbala.
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Iraqi Shiites use knives in a self-flagellation ritual in Baghdad on Dec.5, 2011 during Ashura commemorations marking the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the Battle of Karbala in central Iraq.
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crazy. period.
Yup, amazing what ignorance can do to humans.
That's nice and all that they feel so strongly in their faith that they can do that to their bodies... but you'd think HIV and a few other choice diseases would have a field day in that kind of situation.
It does.
and they claim that it is a peaceful religion! Hmmmm...
Stuff like this makes it more than a little difficult to agree with the claim that it is a peaceful religion. Christian religions in some countries do similar self mutilation. Though they all claim it, none of them really seem all that peaceful if you look through history. Even recent history.
Thhis is why we should stay away from all these idiots, let them hack there bodies to death, look at all the money we save by not going there to help keep peace.
What a bunch of morons!!!!!!!!!!!
When I see Christians impaling themselves on crosses or running spikes through their own hands and feet, I'll agree the Muslim faith is "peaceful".
Nice to know our sacrifice there was well worth it
O_o
Monks practiced self-mutilation during the Plague. Did it help? No. What is accomplished by the self-flagellation seen in these pictures from Turkey? Nothing. Nada, nada, nada!!!