Something... and Half of Something: A Celebration of Death

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February 21, 2005

A Celebration of Death

Its time once again to celebrate the holy islamic holiday of Ashura. In order to participate, you will need a sharp sword and metal chains to flagellate yourself in this unique Religion of Peace ceremony. You will also need white robes to show off the blood and gore to your fellow celebrants. Children and horses are expected to participate.

Some of you may be horrified to see these pictures but you are urged to remember that this is but one more way to worship the Prophet of Doom a/k/a Allah, and despite appearances to the contrary, this is a religion and not a cult. In fact, it is the Religion of Peace.

Therefore, this type of behavior is not to be considered abuse, even when it is children who are being beaten and bloodied with swords and chains.

So shut up and enjoy the show. You might as well get used to these images, after all, if the left has its way, you will soon be able to view these things first hand in the streets of America. In fact, you will probably be expected to participate, that is, of course, if you would like to keep your head.

Iraqi Muslim Shiites raise his bloodied swords after flagellating themselves at Imam al-Hussein shrine in the holy city of Karbala at the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

For Imam Hussein : An Iraqi Muslim Shiite boy flagellates himself outside Imam Mussa al-Kazem shrine in central Baghdad at the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (AFP/Karim Sahib)

Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves outside the shrine of Imam al-Hussein in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, at the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves during Ashura in Karbala. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves outside the shrine of Imam al-Hussein in the holy city of Karbala at the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves as they carry a picture of Imam al-Hussein in the holy city of Karbala at the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

Iraqi Muslim Shiites flagellate themselves outside Imam al-Hussein shrine in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, at the peak of Ashura, which marks the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraqi Shi'ite men bleed as they make a cut on their heads with swords on the last day of the religious ceremony of Ashura, in the holy city of Kerbala, February 19, 2005. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz


ATTENTION EDITORS-VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY- Iraqi Shi'ite men bleed heavily as they cut their heads with swords during the religious ceremony of Ashura, outside the holy shrines of Imam al-Hussein and al-Abbass in the city of Kerbala February 19, 2005. Crowds of pilgrims moved through Baghdad's streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Imam Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

Blood oozes from a chain used by pilgrims who beat themselves during a procession to mark Ashura in Kabul February 19, 2005. As crowds of pilgrims moved through the streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Hussein, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan Shi'ite men beat themselves with chains during a procession to mark Ashura in Kabul February 19, 2005. As crowds of pilgrims moved through the streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Hussein, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan Shi'ite men beat themselves with chains during a procession to mark Ashura in Kabul February 19, 2005. As the crowds of pilgrims moved through the streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Hussein, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan Shi'ite men beat themselves during a procession to mark Ashura in Kabul February 19, 2005. As the crowds of pilgrims moved through streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Hussein, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

ATTENTION EDITORS-VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY Iraqi Shi'ite men bleed as they make a cut on their heads with swords in the last day of the religious ceremony of Ashura, outside the holy shrines of Imam al-Hussein and al-Abbass in the city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, February 19, 2005. As the crowds of pilgrims moved through Baghdad's streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

A Shi'ite man bleeds during a procession to mark Ashura, the holiest festival in the Shi'ite calendar, in front of the Imam Al-Kadhim shrine in the suburb of al-Kadhimiya February 19, 2005. As the crowds of pilgrims moved through Baghdad's streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Imam Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ali Jasim

An Iraqi Shi'ite man bleeds after cutting his head with a sword as he takes part in the last day of the religious ceremony of Ashura in the holy city of Kerbala February 19, 2005. As the crowds of pilgrims moved through Baghdad's streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Imam Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

ATTENTION EDITORS: VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY. A Shi'ite man bleeds heavily as he beats his head with a sword during an early morning procession to mark Ashura, the holiest festival in the Shi'ite calendar, at the Imam Al-Kadhim shrine in the suburb of al-Kadhimiya in Baghdad February 19, 2005. The Ashura festival marks the death of Imam Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, during a battle in Kerbala in 680 AD. REUTERS/Ali Jasim

A Shi'ite man bleeds heavily as he beats his head with a sword during a procession to mark Ashura, the holiest festival in the Shi'ite calendar, at the Imam Al-Kadhim shrine in the suburb of al-Kadhimiya in Baghdad February 19, 2005. The Ashura festival marks the death of Imam Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, during a battle in Kerbala in 680 AD. REUTERS/Ali Jasim

An Iraqi Shi'ite woman guides a bloodied horse during the religious festival of Ashura in the eastern Baghdad's Shi'ite suburb of al-Sadr city, February 18, 2005. Security forces are on alert ahead of Ashura, one of the holiest events in the Shi'ite calendar and which pays homage to Imam al-Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who died in battle in 680 A.D. The event reaches a climax on Saturday. The woman represents the Islamic figure and sister of al-Hussein, Seyida Zainab and she is seen guiding Hussein's horse as she returns from the battle, which he was killed in. REUTERS/Kimo Akal

ATTENTION EDITORS-VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY An Iraqi Shi'ite man makes a cut on the head of a young boy with a sword during the last day of the religious ceremony of Ashura in the holy city of Kerbala February 19, 2005. As the crowds of pilgrims moved through Baghdad's streets, some beat themselves with metal chains as is the custom for Ashura, when devout Shi'ites commemorate the suffering of Imam Hussein, prophet Mohammed's grandson, who was killed in battle near Kerbala in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Ali Jasim

An Iraqi boy, from a Shi'ite family, beats his back with metal chains during the religious festival of Ashura outside the Imam al-Kadhum shrine in Baghdad, February 16, 2005. Security forces are on alert ahead of Ashura, one of the holiest events in the Shi'ite calendar and which pays homage to Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who died in battle in 680 AD (Ali Jasim/Reuters)

An Iraqi boy, from a Shi'ite family, beats his back with metal chains while marking the religious festival of Ashura, in the southern city of Basra, February 16, 2005. Security forces are on alert ahead of Ashura, one of the holiest events in the Shi'ite calendar and which pays homage to Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who died in battle in 680 A.D. The event reaches a climax on Saturday. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

A young Iraqi boy, from a Shi'ite family, beats his back with metal chains during the religious festival of Ashura outside the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussein, in the city of Kerbala, February 13, 2005. Iraq has announced it will close its land borders from Thursday to try to prevent a flood of foreign pilgrims arriving for Ashura, one of the holiest events in the Shi'ite calendar, when millions of people converge on shrines in Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

A young Iraqi boy, from a Shi'ite family, beats his back with metal chains during the religious festival of Ashura, outside the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussein in the city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, February 13, 2005. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

An Iraqi Muslim Shiite girl attends mourning of Ashura in Baghdad. The Shiite mourning days of Ashura mark the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein. (AFP/Karim Sahib)

Feel like praying yet?

The origins of Ashura: When the Omayyad Moslem army arrived at Karbala, Ali, the last blood relative of Mohammed, found that his Shiite army had deserted him. He rode out with about 30 of his closest followers, and they were slaughtered. Shiite muslim flaggelate and mutilate themselves on the each anniversary of his death to show remorse for deserting him before the battle.

Posted by LindaSoG at February 21, 2005 07:02 AM

Comments

Truly bizarre and sickening. How widespread is the practice in the Islamic world?

Posted by: EveningStar at February 21, 2005 05:08 PM

I am aware that around the world there are different traditions that sound and appear so very different to others from other lands and cultures.
But this kind of thing, this celebration of the holy Islamic holiday of Ashura is beyond sick. It is a violent way to celebrate anything and it is also dangerous. Blood carries disease and they have it splattering all over themselves and onto others. No wonder they are worshipers of the cult of Islam, a cult of death and destruction.
And to see them forcing it on their children who we already know they do not love since they use them for suicide bombers-well they can burn in hell for all I care every one of them.
I never knew they did this vile act to their animals as well as in the photo of the horse. The horse and the children are the true victims in these photos.
The one thing is though, the horse is not going to go out and car bomb a bus, but those children will grow up to do just that one day.
This is all just more proof of what an evil cult Islam is, born right in the pit of hell and delivered by Satan himself in their Allah and Mohammad.
These freaks and they are,make a big stink of abu grade ( panties on the heads of prisoners) , good grief, like this is better to do something like cut yourseelf up with knives till you bleed.
Satan must be proud of his people of Islam.

Posted by: Sebastian at February 21, 2005 06:42 PM

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Posted by: LindaSoG at February 23, 2005 08:02 PM

That is some sick shit.

Posted by: mightyrighty at February 26, 2005 06:48 PM