Posted on 02/20/2005 6:10:57 PM PST by CHARLITE
Sat Feb 19, 8:10 PM ET
Holy ceremony : An Iraqi Muslim Shiites walks alone outisde Imam Mussa al-Kazem in central Baghdad, after he flagellated himself during the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (AFP/Karim Sahib)
Sat Feb 19, 7:11 PM ET
For Imam Hussein : An Iraqi Muslim Shiite boy flagellates himself outside Imam Mussa al-Kazem shrine.
Sat Feb 19, 6:04 PM ET
Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves.
Somehow, I have a hard time believing that God wants His children to mutilate themselves in this idiotic manner.
The sooner that Islam is eradicated from the face of the earth, the better for us all.
FMCDH(BITS)
Yep.
Actually there are three views on the subject and just what transpires. Some groups taking the words literally others subject to a more metaphorical interpretation.
"Somehow, I have a hard time believing that God wants His children to mutilate themselves in this idiotic manner."
Any idea why some Christians might?
Once was enough for all.
At least if they cut 'em up a lot more they won't survive to be bus bombers or jetplane divers...
Filipinos tend to be radically religious - hence their crucification ceremony every year where Catholics are crucified.
Of course, Filipino Christians aren't otherwise blowing themselves up, sliting innocent people's throats, and preaching death to other faiths.
I'm not sure what percentage of people partake in this barbaric ceremony in Iraq, but in Iran it's a fairly small percentage.
OK !!!
That's nothing! I have heard of several groups of religious zealots who cut off their foreskins!
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There are several pictures of obvious child abuse. No one should be inflicting major cuts on a child for any reason.
"So what's worse? Cutting the kids up (in one religion) or buggering 'em and getting away with it (another religion)?"
I think you know better than to say this. In the Muslim case, it's part of a religious ceremony to injure the children. In the priest's cases, they acted in violation of their religion, sinning.
There is nothing in Catholic theology that condones what they did.
The world is full of bizarre practises. To single out this one is pretty ignorant.
So..when can we start expecting the libtards to say it's ok for muslim kids here in America to start showing up at schools on 'Ashura Day' with butcher's knives and bloodied heads for 'show and tell'.
/semi-sarc
No good purpose is served by judgement upon a people who through their own free will choose to express a facet of their religion by self-punishment. As I understand it, this phenomenon has its roots in the death of the nearest blood relative of mohammad. A death that robbed the Shia of the direct line of succession, the Caliphate. Let them mourn as they see fit. Iraq is now a democratic country, the people have their own customs, culture and history.
JEWISH HOLIDAY: People pray, then EAT.
MUSLIM HOLIDAY: People pray, beat each other with knives and swords, stone "Satan," get trampled and die.
Almost as ignorant as defending them...
Reuters provides us with a whole series of explicit photographs of a custom that is bound to create reaction of disgust in the West, but never brings to our attention such items as the number of schools that have been built, the thousands of children that have been innoculated, the water-filtration plants, the hospitals operational, the numbers of Iraqi men joining the military and the police-force, the over-all reconstruction of Iraq.
Of course not. But pictures of an ancient religious rite that's guaranteed to shock and make some people say 'they are nothing but barabarians' yes, those are pictures Reuters has plenty of.
Thanks for nothing, Reuters. I know what Reuters is up to. Reuters is telling us, 'Look at whom you gave freedom; a bunch of bl**dy barbarians'.
Sorry Reuters, it doesn't work. The Shia might be bleeding, but your preferred Dictator poisoned a village, filled mass-graves, put people into shredders, etc.
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