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| Mourning saint’s death, Middle East Shiites bloody selves with chains | |
| 2018-09-21 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Ashura marked from Iran to Leb with battle reenactments, mass prayers, and other acts of lamentation. Shiites across the Middle East on Thursday marked Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the 7th century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein, one of Shiite Islam’s most beloved saints.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 The UN will demand "synchronized chain flogging" as a winter game. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-09-21 15:04 |
| #2 Were Pappy still around, Fairbanks, he would assuredly send you to your room for that. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-21 06:05 |
| #1 No battle reenactments or mass prayers, but I did see the dermatologist today, and I'm ashura the wart control measures were lamentation enough. |
| Posted by: Fairbanks 2018-09-21 05:53 |