March 03, 2004
GASP
Oh my god! Explain to me again how Islam claims to be the Religion of Peace? I'd wager these kids might disagree...
Comments are disabled.
Post is locked.
(Not for the weak of stomach.)
Posted by: Sarah at
02:24 AM
| Comments (2)
| Add Comment
Post contains 30 words, total size 1 kb.
1
As I understand it, it's a symbolic gesture for the leader of their sect who died in battle on that day. It's supposedly just a nick, but head wounds bleed like the dickens. Pretty gruesome, but then again so is the ritual cannibalism of the Eucharist (body of Christ, blood of Christ).
Posted by: Ted at March 03, 2004 08:29 AM (blNMI)
2
Ted,
Even as an atheist, I find your comparison to the Eucharist to be hard to accept. Mass is not the gross-out event that Ashoura Day is.
If you want to see a real Christian gross-out practice, check out these pictures of crucifixion and flagellation from the Philippines:
http://www.wildcat.co.uk/text/crucifixion.htm
http://www.wildcat.co.uk/text/flagelation.htm
Posted by: Amritas at March 03, 2004 12:04 PM (kUxEJ)
41kb generated in CPU 0.0512, elapsed 0.1283 seconds.
48 queries taking 0.121 seconds, 171 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
48 queries taking 0.121 seconds, 171 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.