Everyone jumped all over Steve Irwin for holding his baby with feedinig a crocodile.....But look at what these women do to their children.....

Shiite Muslim child Mahmoud Slieman after his mother cut him with a sword during the annual ritual to mark Ashoura Day in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh, Tuesday March 2, 2004........

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Crazy!

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Whoa...

Its disturbing what some people will do in the name of religion.

I do think that naming this topic "Muslim women cut their babies in celebration" is a bit misleading, as it implies all muslims indulge in this behaviour. A bit like saying "Catholics throw grenades at peoples funerals"
Just my opinion...

Good point mowo about the title. I think there's a certain point when you have to sit back and think to yourself, how much love would a religious god have, if he wanted you to slay your child for him.

That's just my 2 cents. A very disturbing article indeed.

I think it is amazing that there seem to be no Child Abuse Laws... or any other type of Abuse Laws over there.

It just seems to be accepted... very disturbing!

If I'm not mistaken, they don't have separataion of church and state. So a lot of their laws revolve around their religion. Which in turn makes their actions, perfectly legal. But I could be wrong.

Different culture.

I'm sure some of the stuff we do over here makes them think the same thing.

Another day, another fudged up thing going on...

Its all part of our crazy world...best thing to do is to suck it up and accept it

ok where is that kid cut... he doesn't look that upset about it ?

scary stuff..... poor baby...

We must acsept it
through out the years many people around the world express diffrent ways of expressing there believes to a higher order (or disorder,haha)
from killing lions to choping your finger of becouse you failed the higher order haha or through beliving in a God and doing all sorts of things i will not get into.
we must look at everything if we are to call something barberic,
money couses more barberic deeds than muslim couses
and the list goes on,
The Krow is basically right with this one
And why Lebanese...most of my Leb freinds are Christian(Hard core style,haha)
they dont see eye to eye,so you cant say Leb.
any way its the child that makes it worst in the deed
if its wrong the grown ups will pay for it ,even by there believes
Take care all

lol good one amby

Look while you may not agree with it you have to understand its another culture an like someone said earlier things that we do may disgust them.

IM not sayin i agree with it though.

I dont think lebanon is a religious state by the way.

There probably are laws in the country against doin what they did but like most cases like this the government wouldnt want to cause unrest by gettin involved in a religious cerimony or festival.

I hope you all realize that not all Muslim people celebrate (?); sorry I do not know much about this holidays, this way. This something villagers do, or if the family is an official member of the mosque.

Do get me wrong they do cut themselves, never know they cut their kids, but this particle family must be far-gone in their religious belief. There also this other holiday that the men hit themselves with chains the whole day, even after there are covered in blood and their bones are broken.

Steve Irwin is a experienced professional, and he knows exactly what his doing. I know both cases to us look so barbaric to us, but remember we do a lot stuff that looks barbaric to other people.

I can't imagen that the catholic church wan't us to hurt our selves or people we love... That just stupid.

And those woman did just that, so they are stupid. Period.

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More info. (Bloody pic to..careful there)

Nothing barbaric with it. They even have medical teams there incase someone cuts abit to much...

lol nxt2hvn lol of course he knew what u were talking about lol.

I'm a big believer in consensual feedom and I'm sure a baby as young as that isn't old enough or mature enough to make such a decision like that. They're still developing mentally and most of them haven't even developed bsic morals at that point so what makes them think they're old enough to understand something so bizzare?
It's like forcing your child to go to church though I think this is likely to cause more damage than any church could.

some cultures need to move out of 10BC and join 2004.

My mother is Lebanese (Christian), and I was born in Lebanon and go there very often. I've never heard of anything like this before. Lebanon is a country where there are people from many different religious backgrounds. This is why (i think) there are no laws regarding things like this. If the government did try to do something about this, there would probably be riots by the Shiites. It would be interfeering in what they believe in. The government wouldn't want another war breaking within Lebanon over religious matters like in the past.

I would like to know more about how with affects young children but I've got college work. Someone do it for me!

Tut Tut All of you people should be ashamed of condeming this woman, after all, according to Political Correctness her culture is JUST as valid as yours

I will never go back to my country again....

OH NO!!!!
THE JEWS CUT HIS BABIES PENIS SKIN IN A RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION!!!

AND IN THE USA THE PARENTS LETS HIS KIDS TO SEE SEX IN THE TV AND EAT GARBAGE (FAST FOOD) ALL THE TIME!!!

(irony)


Nxt2Hvn, learn to acept the religios traditions of others and dont be so etnocentric. Because this tradition isnt common to your culture, that doesnt mean that is barbaric.

Well, i know that the circuncicion is good because help a lot to prevent prostate cancer, acumulation of dirt in the penis, more sensibility in the penis head (more plasure) and penis fismosis (i dont know how to translate that medical condition).

its a malformation of the penis head that causes early eyac. it can be healed whit cirnscucicion, when the head took his natural form.

But, i am not jew, and my friend is well protected by the skin. Are you all right big buddy?

as i said i think its fine for medical reasons, but not for anything else!

Ouch...Reading this makes me glad that I am a girl.

You are so right. In a way, before we get all high and mighty, we have pretty barbaric rituals here, like circumcision, and not even for religious purpose (even then it is pretty stupid to begin with)! It is done under the guise of cleanliness.

Once again goes to show how people in the US never really matured. Guys can't clean themselves down there? What are we, invalids?

Luckily that trend is changing.

i dont aprove the female cirnscuncicion, but i dont said that the people how do it are barbarians, evil or criminals....has for the male cirnscuncicoon...i dont care.

I'm wondering who exactly told them to cut themselves? A celebration of their martyr? I thought a celebration was supposed to be a joyous occation and not a painful one. I bet their are some parents who forced their children to enter into this, which is what i'm worried about.
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Talkin' about circumcision eh?
Circumcision:
This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was
appointed by God to be the special badge of his chosen people, an abiding sign
of their consecration to him.

I'm not Jewish in particular but i'm circumcised. Religiously, I'm proud of it. If this helps me into the paradise of God then so be it. Sure its uncomfortable after the surgey but hey, I felt like I was Scottish wearin' a somewhat lookin' kilt--now that was comfortable, especially showin my brothers the full moon . Since pants and shorts were out of the question. I'm not going to explain that, think about it.