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Religion of Peace, Part 666

• Posted by Beth on January 31st, 2008 filed in Afghanistan, General, International, Islamofascism, Stupid    

Ashura.

Pardon me for not seeing how this logically relates to the “Allah” they adore. What it does relate to is the violent, brutal origins of Islam, and the tolerance–and even respect–for brutality among its followers. The Sunni don’t this Ashura ritual, but they, as we all know, have their own violent rituals as well–suicide bombings, beheadings, stonings, murder of “infidels,” crude amputations, and the routine beatings of women and children for “disobedience” or bringing “shame,” if the victims are spared being murdered. There’s a warning for “graphic content” on that video, but that’s nothing compared to unedited reality.

From the accompanying article:

But clearly something about Ashura, in its various forms over the centuries, fulfills a deep, human need. I repeatedly asked Fouad Hussein, the subject of this video, what that was - just what made him beat himself. His answer – “for love” – was baffling at first until I witnessed the ritual.

I began to see Ashura as a test of love and devotion: for the Prophet’s grandson, but also for each other and for the community. Over the course of the morning these young men, who lead remarkably complex lives – often poor, with little job security, and caught between the radical voices in the Islamic world and allure of Western consumerism they see on television or the cinema – manage to resolve their tensions in an act of catharsis.

Give me a break. Love and devotion? For that? NO. It’s love and devotion for aggression, violence, and proving their own “toughness.” There are a million ways to prove “love and devotion” that don’t involve pride, aggression, and violence, but then those ways wouldn’t be 7th Century Islamic. And as far as “fulfilling a deep human need,” yes, humans do have violent primal urges. But you know what? Civilized humans don’t act on every urge, much less try to excuse everything by saying it’s God’s will.

Nice of the writer to be so tolerant and open-minded, but I think his mind’s so open that his brains fell out. Fool.

By the way, this is another illustration of this fraudulent practice–from Wikipedia’s shamelessly pro-Islamic article, no less:

A companion of the prophet, Ibn Abas reports that the prophet went to Medina and found the Jews fasting on the tenth of Muharram. Muhammad inquired of them, “What is the significance of this day on which you fast?” They replied, “This is a righteous day. On this day God saved the Israelites from their enemy. Therefore Moses fasted on this day.” Muhammad said, “I am more worthy of Moses than you.”

From then, Muhammad fasted on the tenth of Muharram.

Just like all the other things lifted from Judaism, Christianity, and paganism to invent a “religion” grounded in violence and insanity.