Lloyd
2008-02-29 13:51:36
Will this habit also spread West?
A largely successful Arba’een — [Sergeant Grumpy - in Iraq]
http://sgtgrumpy.blogspot.com/2008/02/largely-successful-arbaeen.html
http://tinyurl.com/2kgjqk
…The Shia in my observation are obsessed with suffering and, as might be said in America, immerse themselves in a culture of being the victim. During Ashura they beat and cut themselves to show their devotion to Husayn and his suffering. They also have a bizarre tradition where they put their sons in a tent which is then lit on fire. All the kids are supposed to run out, but we have had to treat some poor boys who were badly burned.
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