Alarming videos show Iranians LICKING holy shrines in religious tradition as country's clerical hardliners refuse to close sites despite coronavirus outbreak

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 2, 2020 | Jack Elsom

[C19fan]

Iran has been accused of failing to clamp down on coronavirus contamination after alarming videos of worshippers licking a shrine emerged online.

Clips shared on social media show people licking the doors and burial mound inside the Fatima Masumeh shrine in Qom, defying token advice by the health ministry.

Worshippers in the videos brazenly state they 'don't care what happens', even if they catch or spread the infection which has killed at least 54 in the country.

Iran's hardline clerical establishment has refused to shut down Qom despite the holy city suffering the brunt of the outbreak and pilgrims spreading the virus across the Middle East.

[C19fan]

I thought kissing the Blarney Stone was bad enough.

[Vigilanteman]

Another tool to thin the herd.

Another reason to ban travel from Iran.

[Bitman]

This should tell you everything you need to know.

[elcid1970]

Savages.

[PGR88]

And I thought the Persians were more civilized than the Arabs....

[thingumbob]

The country is self-suiciding.

[Vaquero]

I hear that at night drunken locals piss on the Blarney Stone. Big laughs from Mickey and Seamus

[Vaquero]

Why do we allow travel their. Ban it now

[Sequoyah101]

Some problems may take care of themselves.

Sometimes there is a silver lining to storm clouds.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Pray and spray! (Pull the trigger and leave the result to allah!)

Lick shrine and die! (Yumm! Taste the divine will of allah!)

[Huskrrrr]

Source of spreading Coronavirus in Iran?

[IronJack]

I understand one such shrine consists of Moe Hammerhead’s anal sphincter. But obama keeps cutting the line.

[RummyChick]

There are a lot of kissing type things.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre has one

Oscar Wilde’s tombstone is another but they put up something to protect it.

I was there before they put that up. I thought no way would I kiss that germy thing.

[cloudmountain]

Oooo, that is disgusting.
At least kissing the Blarney Stone is for good luck.

[Slainte]

Well, I guess they’ve got that problem licked.

[catnipman]

“Alarming videos show Iranians LICKING holy shrines in religious tradition as country’s clerical hardliners refuse to close sites despite coronavirus outbreak”

if it was anyone besides DM reporting this, i might be concerned, but a couple of days ago they ran an article claiming U.S. markets were stripped bare due to panic, and showed pics of homemade 2x4 shelves from some bodegas ...

[Carriage Hill]

Sounds good to me.

[metmom]

Worshippers in the videos brazenly state they 'don't care what happens', even if they catch or spread the infection which has killed at least 54 in the country.

Then we don't either.

[Borderline]

Darwin loves Iranians.

[MayflowerMadam]

God works in mysterious ways.