James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries blog presents a short article about the Muslim Shia holy day of Ashura. He says,
Devotees self-flagellate with whips, chains, and knives, seeking to cover themselves in their own blood, an act called tatbir. … Here we see 1) a baby crying after its father has sliced its scalp to cause blood to flow in the Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh; 2) a father slicing his son’s head with a knife in Karbala, Iraq; 3) Shiites marching with blood soaked knives and swords after gashing themselves. …
