Mourning by Shiite Muslims

[josephpalazzo]

This what takes place on the day of Ashura

WARNING: If you are senstive to seeing blood, do not look.

http://imgur.com/a/izbvk

[Jmpty]

Now THAT'S a party!

[viocjit]

After that I saw these funny bloody pictures. I remembered a conversation with a "sunni muslim"about "shi'a muslims"who wound themselves.

[Plu]

Interesting ceremony...  :-?

[ApostateLois]

Wow.  :shock:

[Shiranu]

Props for mourning someone's death 1400 years after his death.

Anti-props for mourning someone's death 1400 years after his death.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

Damn...imagine if someone with HIV got in on that.

[StupidWiz]

Wow... so gory...  :shock:

[frosty]

This reminds me of Syria and how Shiite Extremists are fighting alongside the regime. It makes my head hurt trying to figure out how regime supporters want a "secular Syria" but they got no problem with Shia militias looting and abusing the population under an extreme sectarian banner.

The only rebels in Syria capable of confronting and holding the line against these guys are the Al Qaeda affiliated fighters. They will kill each other with pleasure all in the name of religion. We've been conditioned to only think of AQ as extremists when unfortunately there are other sects in Islam that have groups that embrace violence and as time goes forward it only seems to get worse.