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Shi’ite Muslims worldwide mark Ashura by slicing their heads open, and those of their children

Sep 13, 2019 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

We have seen this in Britain, Atlanta, Toronto, and elsewhere in the West. If someone wants to cut his head and stalk down the street with the blood streaming down, that’s his business, I suppose. It isn’t illegal. But others are likewise free to find it unnerving, disgusting, and possibly a danger to the public health. And it is certainly a sign of an increased assertiveness on the part of Shi’ite Muslims in the West, and a manifestation of a value system that differs radically from that held by most in Western countries.

“Every year, thousands of Shia worshippers take part in the ceremonies, performed to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.”

Find out why that event is so important in The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS.

“SHOW OF FAITH Ashura festival sees children left covered in blood as devout Muslims use knives to slice their heads open,” by Christy Cooney, The Sun, September 10, 2019:

FASCINATING images show devout Muslims using knives to cut open their heads during a traditional show of faith.

Every year, thousands of Shia worshippers take part in the ceremonies, performed to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

The commemorations take place on Ashura, the tenth day of the first month of the Islamic calendar.

They mark Husayn’s death at the Battle of Karbala, fought between Husayn and Yazid I on October 10 680AD to determine who should succeed the prophet as the leader of Islam.

Yazid is considered a tyrant by some Muslims, and Husayn’s death is considered by the Shia community to be a symbol of humanity’s struggle against injustice, tyranny, and oppression.

The anniversary is a national holiday in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Pakistan, and typically involves public expressions of mourning….

Other rituals carried on Ashura include mourning processions, recitations of mournful poetry, and services in which the history of the Battle of Karbala is retold.

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  1. Mario Alexis Portella says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    Barbaric to say the least!!! Of course, like the Aztecs who used to offer human sacrifices, God forbid this is criticized lest one be identified as a racist! I’m sorry, culture is supposed to enhance humanity not suppress it as Islam does!

    • Shirley Ann says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 12:12 pm

      The Rituals of Muslims &’Hispanics are very similar. The Aztec Rituals are still followed in Mexico, Do Not Doubt Me. That must be the reason Hispanics & Muslims are traveling together into the U.S.A. Kindred Souls, who look alike & Act The Same Way! Both Groups NEVER ASSIMILATE.

      • FYI says

        Sep 13, 2019 at 4:40 pm

        What bothers me about the Aztecs:could they not have waited at least ONE day to see if the sun would come up without the need to butcher anybody?

        They were into weird stuff;self-flagellation,tongue piercing,worshipping demons and snakes,drugged out of their minds.

        Mesoamerican history{of the Aztecs and the Mayans} and of the Incas of South America is quite fascinating, nonetheless.

        • Jonathan says

          Sep 13, 2019 at 10:47 pm

          Aztecs were actually latecomers. Who knows if they were actually barbaric colonizers much like Islam. Prior to their rise, there is no evidence of such large scale barbaric human sacrifices in Mesoamerica.

        • Giovanny Pacheco says

          Sep 14, 2019 at 7:12 am

          I am a Christian who believes
          John 3:16 For God so loves the world he gave his only begotten son, so whosoever believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life

          We don’t believe in human sacrifice

        • J D S says

          Sep 14, 2019 at 11:19 am

          There is so much STUPIDITY in Islam that if stupidity was Product it would fill the oceans.
          Muhammad stole from the Old Testament and Paganism to produce his book of hate.
          I agree that God used Israel to eradicate those who were idol worshipers etc. and we’re in the paths of Israel moving into THE PROMISED LAND and muhammad stole’ from the Bible using God’s judgement on those peoples as his judgement in those who do not follow Islamic teachings of MURDER and MAYHEM..God is GOD and He can do anything he pleases..but Muhammad’s are not allowed to…..but they seem to do sobwith what seems the approval of western governments.
          It may just be too late but it will take the government, Christians, Church leaders and all who love freedom to stop Islam. I left out the military because Muslims are not using a war machine to take over..Apparently they don’t need one do they?????

    • Jule Bacal says

      Sep 15, 2019 at 3:41 am

      In US it is most definitely illegal and called child abuse. No child should be be raised like this or even like what all Islam teaches, whether Shia or Sunni. It is Abusive.

  2. Krishna says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    Shiaism is worst form of cult in Islam

    • mortimer says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 2:35 pm

      Agree that this part of Shi’aism is quite bizarre. It comes close to the worship of Mohammed’s family, thus making them semi-divine … a contradiction of Islamic theology.

      • bob kelly says

        Sep 13, 2019 at 6:01 pm

        Doug Ford said he was going to stop these public displays???? But I do not see him acting out his words .. one needs a permit from To and Ont. but Tory does not have any back bone . And lots of time these lunatics march in front of the US consulate.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 7:22 pm

      Both Shia and Sunnis are bloody barbarians.

  3. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:09 pm

    Islam, as putative religions go, is a head-splitter. Leg the blood bush in deference to how Islam works, from the veins of an Infidel down to the drain in the street. But the Ashura rites are celebratory, unlike the ISIS Sunnis who put Infidels in cages and dipped them into the water to drown.

    One wonders the extent to which Americans are aware of Ashura and its rites.

  4. CogitoErgoSum says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:16 pm

    Cutting the head of a little child like that is child abuse. It makes me really angry. Damn any religion that condones cutting little boys and raping little girls. Damn it to HELL!

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 12:30 pm

      On the other hand, it’s the world’s fastest growing religion. Obama said that, or maybe it was Dubya.

    • somehistory says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 12:36 pm

      You and me both. It is “unthinkable” the Almighty said, for those things to come into His heart.

    • abad says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 9:11 pm

      It is safe to say that Islam came from the bowels of hell.

  5. Martin says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    • Astrid Cohen says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      No words……..craziness……

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 7:23 pm

      Poor little baby. God, I hate Islam.

    • somehistory says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 9:40 pm

      Cruelly slicing his little baby head….and then kissing it as though that will make it all better. Germs added to the insult of injury..

      God will deal with these evil creatures and the demon who inspires this.

    • Westman says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 1:00 am

      May those who do this to children be buried alive in pus. Even Jesus said it would be better for them to have a millstone around their necks and be drowned in the sea.

  6. Martin says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    • somehistory says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 9:37 pm

      Forcing these kids, even babies, to hurt themselves. Truly demonic and mindless.

    • Nietzsche says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 1:10 am

      Like the druggged prince in “Indiana Jones”. Disgusting.

    • Leon Degney says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 9:45 am

      Can anyone tell me why there are so many in the West and Europe wanting this ratbag cult among them and even worse converting to it. What the hell do people see in it and what are the benefits? There are absolutely none that I can see.

  7. Martin says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:36 pm

    ASHURA – IMAM HUSSEIN MOSQUE – KARBALA – IRAQ

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 7:33 pm

      Martin, thanks for those barbaric videos.

      Worst of all is the old balding man, hacking huge chunks of his scalp off. I generally have a pretty strong stomach, but this is just horrifying. Then–even worse–he slices up a couple of boys’ heads.

      • somehistory says

        Sep 13, 2019 at 9:23 pm

        This is just hideous. What happens if they get to the brain and die?

        • Carolyne says

          Sep 15, 2019 at 2:08 am

          Something good happens. One less vermin.

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 15, 2019 at 2:15 am

          Here’s more Ashura stupidity:

          “FESTIVAL OF DEATH Ashura festival stampede kills at least 30 and injures 100 during Muslim blood-letting ceremony in Iraq”

          https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9901514/ashura-festival-stampede-kills-at-least-30-and-injures-100-during-muslim-blood-letting-ceremony-in-iraq/

        • somehistory says

          Sep 15, 2019 at 10:42 am

          In the U.S., there are laws about people dying without a doctor’s care…so that it makes the death look suspicious and a cause and manner of death must be explained by an autopsy.

          so, when some fool moslim dies, do the other fools call cair? Do they call for an ambulance to take the fool away? Do they call a funeral home to take the body?

          Any non moslim ambulance driver or funeral guy is going to report the death. There will then be an autopsy, people will be questioned…meaning the moslim fools would be mad eo give an account of the death and what lead up to it.
          Would they rule it an accident, suicide or even homicide?…it the film was shown and the one who died has help to cut himself, or if it’s a child being cut, then it’s a homicide.

    • somehistory says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 9:34 pm

      This is so much like what the ba’al prophets did, as written in the Bible

      “1 Kings 18:28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.”
      New International Version (NIV)

    • Leon Degney says

      Sep 14, 2019 at 9:48 am

      Mad Muslims and sharp knives not a good combination.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 15, 2019 at 2:17 am

        So true.

  8. somehistory says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:44 pm

    According to these sons of demons, “to be a symbol of humanity’s struggle against injustice, tyranny, and oppression.”
    Well it certainly demonstrates the “injustice, tyranny and oppression” forced upon these little children by those who claim…but only pretend…to love their families. This horrible abuse of children puts the lie to their claims of caring for their families.

    Those in the U.S. who do this cutting, even if only to themselves and other adults, should be charged with endangering the public’s health and fined large amounts of money, made to spend time in jail and not have any special privileges.
    Many diseases and illnesses are blood-borne and these filthy creatures probably carry a lot of them.

    • James Lincoln says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 2:05 pm

      Absolutely true, somehistory.

      Any parent who inflicts this upon their child should be charged with child abuse – and the child should be permanently removed from the parent.

      Adults practicing this are certainly endangering the public health. Very common blood-borne pathogens such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C are the major threats.

      They should be arrested by police using universal precautions and then treated by prison medical personnel. Jail time should be in isolation with no special privileges, special food, Korans,. Psychiatry should called in for consultation – and attempted deprogramming out of Islam should begin.

      • mortimer says

        Sep 13, 2019 at 2:30 pm

        Concerning ‘PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION’ for Muslims … well, I think this may be ‘mass hysteria’, but how do psychiatrists deal with that? This communal self-flagellation is potentially very dangerous for health with blood flying around into other people’s self-inflicted wounds.

        A city’s public health officer would be able to shut this down.

        • James Lincoln says

          Sep 13, 2019 at 4:20 pm

          mortimer,

          Agree, this practice should be shut down by the city’s public health officer – who likely will need the assistance of law enforcement. These people are committing a crime by deliberately exposing the public at large to blood-borne pathogens.

          I was looking at the situation from a physicians point of view. I would treat and dress the wound, check on immunization status – and update if necessary, treat any signs of infection, and refer to psychiatry for completeness.

          I agree, I’m not sure what psychiatry would do above and beyond making a diagnosis of “self-mutilation inspired by Islamic ideology”.

          Appropriate personnel should then begin deprogramming these individuals out of Islam – if at all possible…

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 13, 2019 at 7:34 pm

          Yes, this should be shut down in the West.

      • Leon Degney says

        Sep 14, 2019 at 10:01 am

        I think China has it right keep them isolated from the sane population and deprogram them (if that is at all possible).

  9. Martin says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    USA – ATLANTA – September 11th 2019 – Ashura

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 7:36 pm

      My husband just left today for a trip to Atlanta. Look what he missed…

  10. somehistory says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    “FASCINATING images”, cooney writes.
    Definition of “fascinating”: engrossing, captivating, extremely interesting, beguiling, enchanting

    The writer is so very, very wrong. The images are disgusting in the extreme, demonically inspired, immoral, and evil. Any person engaging in this practice is demonstrating that satan has him under total control.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2019 at 7:37 pm

      So true, Somehistory.

  11. unbeliever1 says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 2:12 pm

    Islam is the root of all evil. This is quite a barbaric ritual.Fanatical to say the least.

  12. Angemon says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    and possibly a danger to the public health

    Indeed.

  13. Crusades Were Right says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 2:56 pm

    “Is your head cut?”

    This Ulster expression is the questioner’s way of suggesting that one is – shall we say – “deficient in intellect”.

    Now why did THAT pop into my mind? lol

  14. FROSTY WOOLDRIDGE says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 3:39 pm

    “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any faith, but to become dominant. The Qur’an should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.” Omar Ahmed, director of Council on American Islamic Relations.

  15. underbed cat says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 3:59 pm

    They are following the instructions they have been taught since childhood to toughen up the males.Bad info in bad info out. Slicing the scalp and forehead of a very young baby boy is painful and frightening to the child..preparation stage one wonders for jihad. If a man can let this happen to one so young you understand how they get prepared to fight, brutally. Very bizarre and hard to understand. At least in one video a man scooped up a very young child, wrapped him and carried him away, he showed some compassion. It would be nice to think he never returned to this sacrifice of pain.

  16. Guy George says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 4:54 pm

    They need more lithium pills recycled from Tesla cars. Not only the Shias but all the mooslims.

  17. E T says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 7:09 pm

    It is 2019″……..

  18. gravenimage says

    Sep 13, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    Shi’ite Muslims worldwide mark Ashura by slicing their heads open, and those of their children
    ………………..

    Poor little kids. This is the worst kind of child abuse (Warning! Disturbing images!):

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NINTCHDBPICT000520695335.jpg

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nintchdbpict000274163847.jpg?w=960&strip=all

    https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article19965485.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_JS192236216.jpg

  19. Westman says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 12:38 am

    Islam, the religion of peace, in continuous civil war since 680AD.

  20. Marigold says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 6:25 am

    Unbelievable!!! Too grisly for me to watch! I only managed five seconds.These Muslims are crazy fanatics. This behaviour even beats the crucifixions which so called Christians re enact in the Good Friday processions in the Phillipines. The Catholic clergy quite rightly discourage such fanatical behaviour but I bet the imans don’t . Are these idiots trying to prove how devout they are? They certainly have no right to inflict this fanaticism on innocent children.

  21. No Muzzies Here says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 8:37 am

    If this were not done by a religion, it would be condemned as violent child abuse, and a mark of insanity. But when it is done in the context of a religion, it’s acceptable and never condemned.

  22. Larry says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 9:10 am

    Cutting your child’s forehead open? How is this NOT child abuse, along with FGM?

  23. TruthForever says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 10:23 am

    Even more proof to the fact that these Islamic Muslims are the direct descendants from Cain who killed his brother Abel because of Jealousy over G-d accepting and showing favor to Abel and rejecting Cain. Thus when G-d banned Cain for the murder of his brother and sent him away He gave him “The Mark of Cain” on his forehead which these Islamic Muslims place on their foreheads even to this day.

  24. Et si... says

    Sep 14, 2019 at 10:31 am

    “the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.”
    Bullshit! Mohammed was sterile. So he never had children and therefore did not leave an heir! Islam was built on a mountain of lies and thefts on the first two religions!

    They are sick without any instruction for the majority

  25. Carolyne says

    Sep 15, 2019 at 2:20 am

    Something similar is done in Spain at Easter. Men dressed in robes with hoods are part of the parades where they carry ornate statues of Mary. The are called “Penitentes”: and they beat themselves with chains. They don’t appear to actually harm themselves, though. Kind of scary. Looks like the Spanish Inquisition coming to get you. I think they do that in Mexico too. And do Catholic monks still wear hair shirts under their robes and devices to cut their body and produce bloody wounds? It’s very similar to this Muslim nonsense.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 16, 2019 at 2:31 am

      Not a fan, but they are not mutilating children.

  26. jca reid says

    Sep 16, 2019 at 7:16 am

    Just copying the cr*p from the Catholic Church with its self flagellation etc. What a load of BS! & they call this ‘civilisation’ & ‘culture’! They ought to watch Monty Python’s Flying Circus, “Life of Brian”. That shows how f*cked up their “thinking” is!

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 17, 2019 at 1:45 am

      Again, Catholics are not stabbing children.

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