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Muharram, The Festival Of Flagellation

Ouch. The Muslim world this past week observed Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. The 10th day of Muharram is Ashura, when Shi’ite Muslims mourn the death of the grandson of the Prophent Mohammed. Very devout Shi’ites cut and whip themselves into a bloody froth in observance. Here are photos of Ashura from Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. WARNING: Graphic images. posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:10pm EST

Gavon Laessig BuzzFeed Staff posted about a year ago

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Muharram, The Festival Of Flagellation

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brooke72 11 months ago

What is wrong with these people???? God doesnt think youre more acceptable if you do such ridiculous things….unbelievable.
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lymoonhassanl a year ago

totally some stupidity
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sumayahi a year ago

This is not true Islam of Sunnis in this picture this is Islam in wrong way they are Shiah
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marwan a year ago

by the way, all terrorists (suicide bombers, etc..) are SUNNIS (bin laden, etc..) does that mean all sunnis are bad and terrorist??? at least them they are not killing others, they are hurting themselves (not that I agree with what they are doing! totally wrong!) but dont start saying that sunnis are good and shia are bad, there are good and bad people in every culture and religion!
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marwan a year ago

First of all, this is not shia islam, these are some kind of shia that are inspired by hindu and sufi stuff… second most of the shia countries and shia scolars banned these things, so DONT BLAME SHIA FOR WHAT SOME UNEDUCATED PEOPLE DO! Lets not forget that in all religions there are people that use these methods to have more “spirituality” even sunnis have these kind of people!
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SheriandtheAnus a year ago

i saved the best (worst) for last.
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mattb17 a year ago

I don’t care. They have a right to perform whatever ritual they want. If it involves self harm? Fine.
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iholland95 a year ago

OMG I can’t believe this!! That is terrible!!!
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Geesquared a year ago

That’s just weird… and this is coming from a Muslim.
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leeters a year ago

Fucking idiots.
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newsdaylaura a year ago

Oh good, the kids participate. A family holiday!
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Mock Turtle a year ago

This was all I kept thinking. I’m going to hell, aren’t I?
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yikes!!!!
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tylrtylr a year ago

You all ruined some fucking good shirts! They will never be the same again.. ugh.
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charles 116 a year ago

My Bar Mitzvah was quite enough, thank you.
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ramblings a year ago

well, I am a Shia and although I myself don’t follow these things and don’t agree with them but people are not forced to do this. It’s their choice. Moreover, Muharram is a period of mourning and flagellation is just a method (although it has not been prescribed anywhere) to understand the pain the family of the Prophet went through when they were brutally murdered.
These are probably their way of expressing their devotion and we should respect it even if we don’t agree.
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Jdizzle a year ago

brainwashing at it’s finest, kids should not be doing that
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noahmauldin a year ago

Jeez and I thought mosh pits were brutal
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Sami M. a year ago

Lets not and say we did.
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SamTheEagle a year ago

what the fuck is wrong with these people? who decides that this is a good idea? how does giving a child a metal whip prove your devotion to anything. disgusting
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