Ashoura celebrations in the Middle East (photos)

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Jan. 19: A Lebanese Shiite man carries a child as they bleed from the head after he inflicted cuts on their scalps during Ashoura holiday in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.

Jan. 19: Actors perform Tazieh, a traditional theater scene about Imam Hussein, in Tehran, Iran.

Jan. 19: A Lebanese Shiite boy cuts his head with a sword as he marks the Ashoura holiday in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.

Jan. 19: Mourning Shiite men beat themselves with their hands on the head in Istanbul, Turkey.

Jan. 19: Lebanese Shiite boys tap their bleeding heads after they cut themselves to mark the Ashoura holiday in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.

Jan. 19: Shiite Muslim supporters of the Hezbollah group shout slogans against U.S.A and Israel as they walk during a march to mark Ashoura day in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.

Jan. 19: Iranian and Iraqi Shiite Muslims beat their chests during religious ceremonial rituals in Tehran, Iran on the holy day of Ashoura.

Jan. 19: Devout Shiites cut their heads with blades during an Ashoura procession to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Jan. 19: Devout Shiites cut their heads with blades during an Ashoura procession to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Source: Fox News

Edited January 19, 2008 by VJ Troll

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Jan. 19: Devout Shiites cut their heads with blades during an Ashoura procession to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Jan. 19: A Lebanese Shiite boy taps his bleeding head after he cut himself to mark the Ashoura holiday in the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.

[Nizzy 1]

Dude this is all they had on my mom's tv yesterday. The shiites of Afghanistan though. There was no bleeding but they were hitting themselves.

And I thought this thread was about Ashwariya Rai...

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Dude this is all they had on my mom's tv yesterday. The shiites of Afghanistan though. There was no bleeding but they were hitting themselves.

And I thought this thread was about Ashwariya Rai...

no bleeding? i question their dedication

[Nizzy 1]

Dude this is all they had on my mom's tv yesterday. The shiites of Afghanistan though. There was no bleeding but they were hitting themselves.

And I thought this thread was about Ashwariya Rai...

no bleeding? i question their dedication

lol...and some of them were not hitting themselves very hard...

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losers!

[Nizzy 1]

losers!

I just thought of something funny. Someone once told me not to eat at a Shia's house because they pee in their food and then serve it to you...lol...

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losers!

I just thought of something funny. Someone once told me not to eat at a Shia's house because they pee in their food and then serve it to you...lol...

Maybe they thought the lemon juice was pee.

[Nizzy 1]

losers!

I just thought of something funny. Someone once told me not to eat at a Shia's house because they pee in their food and then serve it to you...lol...

Maybe they thought the lemon juice was pee.

lol...no it's all that hatred between Sunnis and Shias in my country...

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Oh, I know. I was kidding. I'm aware of the hatred. It's not just in your country. Shia and Sunni politicians in India take turns siding with Hindus just to spite each other. It's silly.

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such a complete waste.

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such a complete waste.

of good blood?

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such a complete waste.

of good blood?

the american red cross is probably upset.

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And I thought this thread was about Ashwariya Rai...

[Nizzy 1]

Oh, I know. I was kidding. I'm aware of the hatred. It's not just in your country. Shia and Sunni politicians in India take turns siding with Hindus just to spite each other. It's silly.

Oh I totally got the joke. I don't know why I felt the need to explain. I side with you on the silliness. I was to hear was shias think of us though...