Children's foreheads slashed in Muslim saint's name

CNN ^ | January 31. 2007

[NYer]

NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) -- The 6-year-old boy screamed and shook his head to avoid the razor blade. But his father held him firmly as Hajj Khodor parted the boy's black hair and sliced his forehead three times with the blade.

Ali Madani's cries became more violent as blood gushed from the wound, covering his small, terrified face.

His father and a few other men, waving daggers, broke into a religious chant, recalling how the 7th-century Shiite Muslim saint, Imam Hussein, was decapitated, his head placed on a lance. ()

In marking the holiest day of Ashura, some Shiites believe children should learn at an early age about Hussein's suffering, which is at the heart of their faith.

Lebanon's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, has banned bloodletting during Ashura, even for adults.

Clerics in mainly Shiite Iran forbid it as well, saying the practice is un-Islamic because it harms the body.

But traditions die hard, especially in a rite as fervent and emotional as Ashura, marked Tuesday by Shiites across the Islamic world.

[NYer]

Young Iraqi Shiite boys have their foreheads slashed to honor the Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram when Imam Hussein was killed in the Battle of Karbala in the year 680.

[Long Island Pete]

Do it right and put it to your throats.

[NYer]

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[GSlob]

Well, and how many of them were blown up another day? Sort of throws a sharper light.

[Mo1]

Where are all the liberals and their screaming of child abuse?

[rawcatslyentist]

Can't ya just feel the love!!!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Where is the outrage from that liberal moonbat in California that wants to make it illegal to spank children?

[Robe]

Ahemmmn.. There are not muslem SAINTS..

[ladtx]

The use of the word "saint" in the context of this religion is objectionable.

saint

127 entries found for saint. The first 10 are listed below.
To select an entry, click on it. For more results, . Main Entry: ¹saint
Pronunciation: 'sAnt, before a name (")sAnt or s&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French seint, saint, from Late Latin sanctus, from Latin, sacred, from past participle of sancire to make sacred -- more at SACRED
1 : one officially recognized especially through canonization as preeminent for holiness
2 a : one of the spirits of the departed in heaven b : ANGEL 1a
3 a : one of God's chosen and usually Christian people b capitalized : a member of any of various Christian bodies; specifically : LATTER-DAY SAINT
4 : one eminent for piety or virtue
5 : an illustrious predecessor
- saint·dom /'sAnt-d&m/ noun
- saint·like

[rightwingextremist1776]

These idiots are just plain sick.....

[johnny7]

Heathen swine...

[Paved Paradise]

That's what I say. What an insult to the true saints.

[BigCinBigD]

The more I see and read of these subhuman animals. The more I'm convinced they will all have to be eliminated.

[neb52]

A child should feel at its safest with its Father and Mother, not terrified. Very Sad.

[ladtx]

CNN once again practicing moral relativity and trying to convince the gullible that one religion is much like another by suggesting the Mohammedans have saints too.

[GoDuke]

Stuff like this makes me thank God I was born to a Christian Mother and Father in the U.S.

[sgtbono2002]

What a sick pack of SOB's. Simply sick.

[Earthdweller]

These people are sick.

[montag813]

In marking the holiest day of Ashura, some Shiites believe children should learn at an early age about Hussein's suffering, which is at the heart of their faith.

But he didn't suffer. He was decapitated in the ceremonial fashion--a rapid death with no suffering whatsoever. The body's endorphins and trauma state kicks in, and renders a state of tranquility until you die.

[Leg Olam]

Disgust is all I can feel for this horrible excuse of a 'religion'.