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Friday's violence occurred as hundreds of thousands of worshipers across Iraq took part in Ashura rites commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Muhammad who was killed by the army of the Caliph Yazid on the plains of Karbala. Hussein's death in 680 made permanent the schism between Shiites and Sunnis over the succession after Muhammad.

...During a reenactment of Hussein's slaying in Basra, the crowd turned on the actor who was performing the part of his killer and beat the man so badly that he returned with an assault rifle to exact revenge. At least one onlooker was killed in the crossfire when soldiers tried to subdue the man and his relatives, security officials said.

Fundamentalist Shiites, Los Angeles Times 32 Comments [1/22/2008 3:40:58 PM]
Fundie Index: 4
Submitted By: Damned at Random
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#388064
Bassic

Now that is just bizarre. Sad, and bizarre.

1/22/2008 4:05:48 PM

#388075
Eric

Did somebody forget to tell them that a reenactment was supposed to be fake?

1/22/2008 4:16:16 PM

#388096
Durane

Damn, it's like violence is just hardwired into these people. It's pretty sad, really, the kind of stuff that happens in the Middle East every day.

1/22/2008 4:41:33 PM

#388101
werewolf

This is warning to playwrights. Audience participation can go too far.

1/22/2008 4:46:56 PM

#388103


You see, fundies of all ilks, like muslims in this case, are unable to tell the difference between reality and fiction.

1/22/2008 4:48:26 PM

#388106
Nathan

Ground Zero Ocean FTW...

1/22/2008 4:49:36 PM

#388128
Horsefeathers

It appears that even in it's benign acts that religion is dangerous. How stupid can people be?

1/22/2008 5:09:35 PM

#388130
Mister Spak

Musta been one of those atheist muslims.

1/22/2008 5:11:55 PM

#388158


This is like punching the actor who plays Pontious Pilate in an Easter play. WTF?

1/22/2008 6:15:25 PM

#388163
NonProphet

Holy shit.

These people WERE told it was just a re-enactment, right? How far removed from reality must one be to stoop to this sort of thing?

1/22/2008 6:23:56 PM

#388181
freako104

Jesus. Did they know it was a reenactment? And that it was fake?

1/22/2008 6:48:01 PM

#388189
Caustic Gnostic

Blend paranoia and ADD, season with gratuitous self-righteousness,...

1/22/2008 7:01:51 PM

#388199
aaa

World is quite strange.

1/22/2008 7:13:03 PM

#388230
Malfist

The worst part isn't found in this story, it's that this feud has been going on for 1328 years!

1/22/2008 7:55:27 PM

#388282
Whydontyou.org.uk

Fucked up crazies. No wonder they don't watch soap operas...

1/22/2008 8:56:48 PM

#388300
Septic Sceptic

"Two Minute Hate for Muhammad" award?

1/22/2008 9:13:32 PM

#388314
Old Viking

Ah, the consolations of religion.

1/22/2008 9:23:27 PM

#388317
tracer

I see no difference between this, and a riot that breaks out at a soccer match.

People are stupid and violent wherever you go.

1/22/2008 9:24:07 PM

#388319
Illuminatalie

He must be one damn good actor, is what I say!

1/22/2008 9:24:46 PM

#388365
Will

Fundieism in the 3rd world can be even worse than our Fundism.

That poor asshole probably thought he was doing his community a great service by playing the role of the killer.

1/22/2008 10:01:23 PM

#388376
Andreus

Religion of Peace Award.

1/22/2008 10:15:35 PM

#388445
Alethe

Fundamentalism Gone Apeshit. Again.

1/22/2008 11:40:23 PM

#388451
Rambler

I bet they just "Got too caught up in the excitement", like soccer riots.

After all they can't exactly go back in time and kill the orginal guy.

But yeah ADD, hate, and fanatism.

1/22/2008 11:45:28 PM

#388493
never been there

"Oh, crap! I missed Ashura again!"

"Hey, don't beat yourself up over it."

1/23/2008 12:20:41 AM

#388575
Mattural Selection

Islam is a religion of peace in the same way that christianity is a religion of love.

1/23/2008 1:54:30 AM
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