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Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by ash1, Jan 30, 2007.

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    [​IMG][​IMG]Children's foreheads slashed in Muslim saint's name
    Story Highlights• Some Shiites believe cutting children honors a 17th-century Muslim leader
    • Kids as young as one-month-old and as men as old as 100 are slashed
    • Ashura marks the decapitation of their most revered Saint Imam Hussein
    • Rite continues despite being banned in Lebanon
    http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/30/ashoura.children.ap/index.html
     
    ash1, Jan 30, 2007 IP
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    ouch! Do they not know how hard it is to get blood stains out of white shirts?
     
    Ratty, Jan 30, 2007 IP