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Muslim Cut Themselves Again Ritual -- But Check Out the Knives USA Saber
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| 3-20-06
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Posted on 03/21/2006 10:18:39 AM PST by tallhappy
An Iraqi Shiite Muslim woman beats her head during a procession, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 20, 2006. A million Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended on the holy city of Karbala to mark
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islamicviolence; muslims; muslimviolence; religionofpeace; ritual; rop; sick; sickpeople; sicksickpeople; trop
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To: reagan_fanatic
Somebody needs to teach these people that you can shave your head much easier and less painfully with a Bic or Gillette razor. LOL!
My brother likes the Vin Diesel look; he uses an electric clipper sold at Wal-mart for 14 dollars. He looks quite handsome, in my brotherly opinion.
To: ClearBlueSky
So that is the reason some Philippinos are into self flagellation and crusifixion on good Friday...
I thought it had something to do about being ignorant to Scripture...
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posted on
03/21/2006 10:58:58 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: Sols
the practice of Christian self-flagellation is virtually extinct. Certainly, its decline is beyond dispute. Because the Church strongly discouraged the practice.
The sole and important exception to this declivity is the resurgence of self-flagellation in the Philippines,
And the people doing it are nutz. And the Bishops do not recommend the practice.
Meanwhile, in muzzie-land, the imams are whipping their flocks into self-mutilating frenzies.
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posted on
03/21/2006 10:59:05 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: OldSmaj
Yep. There used to be a nutty little store here in Tacoma run by a couple of dungeons and dragons types called the "Castle of Swords". I stopped in one time and the place was just packed with this kind of crap. My favorite was some sort of fantasy punch dagger with curved blades at either end. It was chromed and had oriental dragons on it as well as silhouettes of Robert E. Lee and Nathaniel Bedford Forrest.
To: tallhappy
Islamite blood sacrifices?
Totally barbaric.
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:01:15 AM PST
by
azhenfud
(He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
To: Sols
"...self-flagellation is an old tradition and is still alive..."
You're absolutely correct. Why, when I was a teenager I use to self-flagellate until I started to grow hair on my palms...
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:06:59 AM PST
by
RedMonqey
(People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Self-flagellation from Ashura to Arbaeen is not compulsory anymore than commiseration with the suffering of Christ via self-flagellation and self-crucifixion is compulsory on Easter.
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:09:20 AM PST
by
Sols
To: Bluegrass Conservative; zarf; Sols
Yeah. Aside from the huge knifes, and the cutting, and the blood pouring down all over and the procession of thousands screaming and yelling and wailing and women pounding their heads it is exactly like spinkling some water on a baby.
Thanks for your great insight -- genius and enlightened thinking is what it is.
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:14:40 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: ArrogantBustard
I don't know if you've ever been to Latin America during the Christian celebrations of patron saints, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe, but I've seen self-punishing Christians acting out their weird beliefs for the world to see.
I've seen pilgrims bleeding heavily from their knees due to walking on their knees to fulfill their vows. I've seen pilgrims who faint and drop to the ground due to extreme dehydration to full their vows not to drink.
There are also people who perform even more extreme acts to show their devotion to their patron saint or to fulfill a vow.
The Bishops may not encourage the practice, but they don't actively discourage it either.
To: HOTTIEBOY
"Alah Ahkbar"
More like "Alah Ka-Bar"...
To: tallhappy
See they warned that there would be a civil war!!! Or, is this just sectarian violence?
I expect this to be touted as such on the MSNBCCNNABCCBS news.
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:21:49 AM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
To: tallhappy
Do you feel that Christian self-flagellation is a sign of mental illness or barbarism?
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:22:24 AM PST
by
Sols
To: RedMonqey
My mother used to say you would go blind if you did that.I only did it until I needed glasses!THIS IS A JOKE!
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:22:56 AM PST
by
xarmydog
To: tallhappy
That late night home shopping network for knives is missing a great sales opportunity by not producing its programming in Arabic and putting it on Aljazeera.
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:23:22 AM PST
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: ncountylee
Looks like she switched from an ugly stick to a sword ...
To: tallhappy
USA Sabers?I thought they were military jets. Where are the Tomcats?
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:27:39 AM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Bluegrass Conservative
This is a religious ritual of their's. While we may not think it is "normal", they probably do not think our baptisms are normal either. And that makes their barbarism and their religion calling for violent jihad all right? Stop drinking the multi-cultural Kool-Aid, return to reality, and recognize the threat.
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:30:52 AM PST
by
Spiff
("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
To: ClearBlueSky
As long as their physical abuse does not affect other peopel, I don't care. If they want to cut themselves, that's them for it.
To: tallhappy
Yeah. Aside from the huge knifes, and the cutting, and the blood pouring down all over and the procession of thousands screaming and yelling and wailing and women pounding their heads . . . And why does that bother you?
To: george wythe
From what I'm told, most Muslims don't do this type of stuff.
From what I'm told, most Christians don't do this type of stuff.
Yet, the Muslims who do this are "subhuman" and the Christians who do this either don't really exist, or are "ignorant" of "scripture"
Wacky is wacky, and knows no limitations...
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posted on
03/21/2006 11:33:59 AM PST
by
motzman
(Lets Go Mets!)
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