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The Muslim Festival Of Ashura - Graphic Photos
Sweetness & Light ^ | January 28, 2007 | N/A

Posted on 01/28/2007 12:47:01 PM PST by Sam Hill

Today begins Ashura, which like the festival of Eid al-Adha is another bloodthirsty Muslim holiday:

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Pilgrims flagellate themselves with knifes attached to chains during an Ashura procession between Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein shrine in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, January 28, 2007. Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims are expected to gather in Kerbala this week to celebrate a religious festival called Ashura, the day when Imam al-Hussein, the

And we wonder why these people are so violent.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ashura; cult; deathcult; dementedcult; eid; evilcult; freakshow; muslim; muslimfestival; muslimholiday; religionofpeace
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To: Sam Hill

Barbaric!


41 posted on 01/28/2007 1:21:52 PM PST by LibKill (ENOUGH! Take the warning labels off everything and let Saint Darwin do his job.)
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To: Fiddlstix

I wonder if the world can use radioactive oil?


42 posted on 01/28/2007 1:22:34 PM PST by Loud Mime ("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
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To: OMalley

Well, proud Jewish parents are joyful when their sons are circumsized which can't be pleasant for the baby.

Still, it's different, I know.

Dennis Prager, when he was young and traveling on a bus met an Iraqi man. He asked him to tell him in a sentence or two about the Iraqis as a people. The man said, "We are the most barbaric people in the world."

Prager said he was chilled by the response. This was long before anybody ever heard of Iraq.


43 posted on 01/28/2007 1:25:17 PM PST by johnmark7
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To: Tzimisce
I must have mis-copied. This was the photo I meant to post in that slot:


44 posted on 01/28/2007 1:25:35 PM PST by Sam Hill
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To: michigander
What are you doing with that chain pilgrim?

Just beating myself with it.

45 posted on 01/28/2007 1:26:54 PM PST by Recon by Fire
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To: Tzimisce

that pic of the girl has been removed from the festival pics.


46 posted on 01/28/2007 1:27:30 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
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To: Screamname
It appears that the mortar attack is the story for the image.
The Ashura is mentioned as an after thought in the caption.
It may also not be a lot of blood...


47 posted on 01/28/2007 1:28:58 PM PST by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: Sam Hill

This looks like something out of "Hellraisers".Pinhead would be proud.


48 posted on 01/28/2007 1:31:13 PM PST by Uncle Meat
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To: Sam Hill
   

Sign this guy up for the Baghdad Ballet...

49 posted on 01/28/2007 1:34:43 PM PST by mikrofon (Ashura lotta blood in this "holiday")
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To: OMalley

Third world brain.


50 posted on 01/28/2007 1:40:24 PM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Sam Hill
In all fairness, I have seen similar pictures from Christian festivals in the Philippines.
51 posted on 01/28/2007 1:40:37 PM PST by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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To: Sam Hill

And there is a US postage stamp about this "festival"!!!!!!!!!!!
The ideology of death and destruction in the news again!


52 posted on 01/28/2007 1:41:33 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Loud Mime
I wonder if the world can use radioactive oil?

I dunno...
But...
The more I see of their crap....
I'd be willing to give it a try...

53 posted on 01/28/2007 1:41:52 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: johnmark7

"We are the most barbaric people in the world"

Well he nailed it!!

I know this is suppose to be some "holy" holiday, but it looks more like VANITY to me.

A bunch of folks in white clothes (which emphanizes the bloodiness) trying to outwhip each other-"oooh look at me, covered in blood, im so much more holy than you"

while im sure its pretty painful, i think there is some sadistic pleasure in it for them.

barbaric is actually being too nice.


54 posted on 01/28/2007 1:42:12 PM PST by OMalley (Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing. St. Therese, "the little flower")
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To: Sam Hill; george76; null and void; Millee

That's some hair removal system they've got there.

55 posted on 01/28/2007 1:44:43 PM PST by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
You forgot one:


56 posted on 01/28/2007 1:45:01 PM PST by P.O.E.
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To: OMalley
WHat the heck is wrong with these ppl??

They're Muslims, following the "religion of peace" brainwashed from birth, there's no hope for them. That's why mosks ans Madrassa's must be destroyed and new muslims born be given a normal education.

57 posted on 01/28/2007 1:58:22 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: mathurine

You mean Dearbornistan?


58 posted on 01/28/2007 1:58:59 PM PST by Fawn (NEVER GO TO 'APPLIANCE KING' IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA--THEY SCAM YOU!!!)
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To: Star Traveler
"Well, what are you going to say when the Jews reinstitute the Temple sacrifices in Israel? "

They won't because Christ said so.

59 posted on 01/28/2007 2:00:13 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: Ben Mugged

Christians in the Phillipines hit their toddlers in the head with swords?


60 posted on 01/28/2007 2:00:48 PM PST by Fawn (NEVER GO TO 'APPLIANCE KING' IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA--THEY SCAM YOU!!!)
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