March 7, 2004
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Shiite Muslim Mohammed Jomahaa cuts the head of his son with a sword during the annual ritual to mark Ashoura Day in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh, Tuesday March 2, 2004. Ashoura day marks the Shiite Muslim’s commemoration of the 7th century killing of their most revered Saint Imam Hussein. Al Hussein was a grandson of Islam’s prophet Mohammed and is a symbol of martyrdom for Shiites. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Umm…okay, I’m all for religious freedom and all…but does anyone else find this extremely disturbing?
Comments (9)
i do! gross
disturbing. no not really. people doing stunts cut themselves along the scalp all the time for the camera. i myself would not do it to my child. i find it more disturbing that there are still children dying from their parents wanting them to be imursed for baptism.
I’m hoping that no real damage was done.
thats kinda sick…. ewwww……
Hmm yeah thats just a little disturbing
Um wow!! To the American society that would seem extremely wrong, but I guess to them it is normal.
Well, like you I’m all for doing things for your religion, but isn’t this going a little too far?? But then it could be compared to circumscising a child (I don’t know how to spell at the moment) or like the africans and stuff that do the “body art” by cutting the boys as a part of their ritual into becoming a man.
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~*elfqueen*~
Yuck. I’m glad I’m a stupid monolingual American.
circumcision is more disturbing.