3/25: Kid cut in religious ceremony

Undertoad · 03-25-2002, 04:24 PM

From the thumbnail I thought this was going to be another kid killed in mideast violence. Then I thought it was a mother consoling a kid hurt in mideast violence.

Turns out the kid's forehead was cut during a ceremony: part of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim religious festival which marks the AD 680 battle in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, was killed.

verbatim · 03-25-2002, 04:27 PM

Thats just cruel. No two ways about it.

Well, on second thought its not so bad compared to circumcision.

jaguar · 03-25-2002, 09:08 PM

WhatDaFuck?!

Slight · 03-26-2002, 03:54 PM

Proving once again that religion, faith, and cults can get you do to anything and you'll enjoy doing it too. I mean look at her, she is smiling happily while bloodletting her own child.

That Guy · 03-27-2002, 08:20 AM

Anyone have more details on the tradition? Why he's cut, what the cut symbolizes, and why the hell his mother is smiling because her child is bleed profusely from the skull?

bartman · 03-27-2002, 08:30 AM

Damn. I split my head open a few times while I was a kid, but my parents never cut me open on purpose.

Think about how you would turn out if you were the kid. Wouldn't you have some hate bottled up?

perth · 03-27-2002, 04:40 PM

so i heard about this on npr early this week. the announcer discussed the meaning of the tradition, etc. and described the flails they use. he said it was like "whipping yourself with razor wire". ow. here is a link where you can hear the segment.npr.org
it was really quite creepy. i cringed at least once listening to it. they have audio of the chant leading up to the act, and the description of the flails they use is... i dunno, not pleasant.

~james

BrianR · 03-29-2002, 03:14 PM

I dunno about that. I've been whipped by experts until blood flowed
had needles stuck into places I'd rather not mention in polite company and blood came then, too.

It mostly depends on your state of mind and body prior to the bloodletting. I have a friend who is going to crucify someone in NYC at Hellfire soon. Details if you're strong enough.

Brian the Sick and Twisted

Slight · 03-30-2002, 09:07 AM

And how old are you BrianR? I bet you weren't born yesterday. This kid looks like he was.

BrianR · 03-30-2002, 04:35 PM

Sorry, that's classified.

I could tell you but then I'd have to torture you to death.

Then again...

Brian

03-25-2002, 04:24 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	3/25: Kid cut in religious ceremony From the thumbnail I thought this was going to be another kid killed in mideast violence. Then I thought it was a mother consoling a kid hurt in mideast violence. Turns out the kid's forehead was cut during a ceremony: part of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim religious festival which marks the AD 680 battle in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, was killed.

03-25-2002, 04:27 PM	#2
verbatim Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Pennsultucky Posts: 199	Thats just cruel. No two ways about it. Well, on second thought its not so bad compared to circumcision. __________________ <-- I'm with stupid

03-25-2002, 09:08 PM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	WhatDaFuck?! __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

03-26-2002, 03:54 PM	#4
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	Proving once again that religion, faith, and cults can get you do to anything and you'll enjoy doing it too. I mean look at her, she is smiling happily while bloodletting her own child.

03-27-2002, 08:20 AM	#5
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	Anyone have more details on the tradition? Why he's cut, what the cut symbolizes, and why the hell his mother is smiling because her child is bleed profusely from the skull?

03-27-2002, 08:30 AM	#6
bartman not really bart Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 67	Damn. I split my head open a few times while I was a kid, but my parents never cut me open on purpose. Think about how you would turn out if you were the kid. Wouldn't you have some hate bottled up?

03-27-2002, 04:40 PM	#7
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	so i heard about this on npr early this week. the announcer discussed the meaning of the tradition, etc. and described the flails they use. he said it was like "whipping yourself with razor wire". ow. here is a link where you can hear the segment.npr.org it was really quite creepy. i cringed at least once listening to it. they have audio of the chant leading up to the act, and the description of the flails they use is... i dunno, not pleasant. ~james

03-29-2002, 03:14 PM	#8
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I dunno about that. I've been whipped by experts until blood flowed had needles stuck into places I'd rather not mention in polite company and blood came then, too. It mostly depends on your state of mind and body prior to the bloodletting. I have a friend who is going to crucify someone in NYC at Hellfire soon. Details if you're strong enough. Brian the Sick and Twisted

03-30-2002, 09:07 AM	#9
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	And how old are you BrianR? I bet you weren't born yesterday. This kid looks like he was.

03-30-2002, 04:35 PM	#10
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Sorry, that's classified. I could tell you but then I'd have to torture you to death. Then again... Brian

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