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[–] doggone [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

I happened to hear this this morning and thought it rich with irony.

HADID: Worshippers pull back and form circles. Men enter the ring. They whip themselves with chains attached to knives. One man quickly turns bloody.

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HADID: It's to show their willingness to die for the prophet's family. Ashad Hassan looks on with his two boys. They're 4 and 7, and they carry little whips.