They do not appear to have been filmed with knives and chains on the streets in public yet that we are aware of so far. But for those who read the comments under the Reader’s Links posts, it clearly clearly is.
"Objects in history may be closer than they appear" – Eeyore for Vlad
Either resist this barbaric murderous cult or be suffocated by them. After they rape you.
Would’ve been more entertaining if they started slapping eachother.
That would be entertaining.
Slap Happy Moe
Shia Muslims Mourning the Martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) in Jamaica, Queens NY – Published on December 28, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/user/Niazkingafg/videos
Apparently self-flagellation is a Shia, not Sunni tradition. Arguments that it is not Islam, therefore, means only that it is not the Sunni.
That’s correct, the Sunni argument is that bodily integrity is important in islam, permanent tattoos are out too.
The knives-on-chains self-flagellation and cutting foreheads with swords called tatbir in Arabic. It’s banned even in Iran. The mullahs probably thought it was bad optics. But it still happens in Iraq, Pakistan etc (graphic):
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3287819/Spilling-blood-religion-Tiny-Shi-ite-Muslim-boys-whip-sharp-blades-mourn-death-Prophet-Muhammad-s-grandson.html
I’ve seen a video of it happening in Greece. And this was in London (graphic):
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500748/Medieval-barbarity-heart-Britain-Hardline-Muslims-spill-blood-London-mosque-flaying-skin-chains-practice-extreme-banned-Iran.html
ASHURA 2018
TORONTO:
6 minutes 00 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHcmSQwppTU
2 minutes 31 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=DHVmson7shc
MELBOURNE:
30 minutes 48 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJa7n_sMUqQ
MANCHESTER:
2 minutes 30 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTJbvYotoc
LONDON:
1 minutes 44 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_eu0VZm6Ns
NEW YORK:
9 minutes 35 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF1GQm-Z0H8
SYDNEY:
18 minutes 08 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmo19JpvBjw&t=82s
OSLO:
2 minutes 07 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYKDVRwluk
DEARBORN:
1 minutes 48 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNj9aYs7EpA
ITALY:
13 minutes 10 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVA-YYWaSRw
UK: various
2 minutes 35 seconds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jObLkvTfKSQ
“Bulemia Festival”
~~ Bring your own VOMIT bucket ~~
Pretty much.
For some reason , Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” springs to my mind ; the scene with a procession of believers of some sort banging their foreheads with a piece of wood….