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Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains and blades during traditional procession to mark Ashura in Pakistan
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Photos taken on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan show a group of Shiite Muslims completing self-flagellation

  • For Shiite Muslims involved in the ritual, it is believed that self-flagellation washes away all of their sins

  • The procession marked Ashura and commemorates the death of Hussein, grandson of Prophet Muhammad
Distressingly graphic photos at the link.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-30
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