Tag: Ashura
There Will Be Blood: The religious and political significance of Ashura
BY DAVID KENNER January 3, 2010.
Print: Foreign Policy
Self-flagellation makes the Shiite holiday of Ashura the bloodiest holiday in the world.
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BY DAVID KENNER January 3, 2010.
Self-flagellation makes the Shiite holiday of Ashura the bloodiest holiday in the world.