Mystery Illness Traced to Ritual Primarily Practiced by Certain Muslims

The Western Journal ^ | March 13, 2019 | AP Respots

[Perseverando]

Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection.

Researchers said Wednesday they were initially puzzled how 10 British Muslim men had become infected with a little-known virus because the men hadn

[Perseverando]

Self flagellation? At least no farm animals or children were harmed.

[oldtech]

Another excellent reason to deny them admission to this country.

[donozark]

What a magnificent culture! We have SO much to learn from them!

[Hugin]

Don’t share syringes. Or whips.

[dp0622]

They do a lot worse during a ritual crucifixion reenactment. I forget where.

Let’s not go overboard and start posting ridiculousness.

And it IS a ridiculous act, WHATEVER religious folks do it, ANYWHERE.

[BeauBo]

"At least no farm animals or children were harmed. "

After they get themselves worked up.

[cherry]

stone age returning....

[humblegunner]

I got a chuckle out of that.

[Califreak]

Doesn’t the bible say we aren’t supposed to cut ourselves like that?

[VRWCarea51]

Yeah but the Goats, what about the Goats?

[griffin]

“cutting or whipping themselves — in Iraq, Pakistan, India and the United Kingdom.”

Associations are significant.

[piasa]

Philippines

[piasa]

Catholic monks used to do it on occasion as a form of penitence.

[elcid1970]

Bloody savages!!

[IronJack]

Sex with mules wasn’t enough?

[vpintheak]

Pure devil worship.

[Jacquerie]

Who cares? Let the barbarians suffer. I really don’t care what happens to these feral humans.

[BlueLancer]

Yeah but the Goats, what about the Goats?

"You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs."

[BlueLancer]

Catholic monks used to do it on occasion as a form of penitence.

[sockmonkey]

*** Catholic monks used to do it on occasion as a form of penitence. ***

When Archbishop Jose Gomez, an Opus Dei member, was Archbishop of San Antonio, he did an interview I saw in which he said he’d practiced flagellation. He described the little whip thing, and mostly hitting his legs with it.

He practiced this self mortification in private.