The Shia celebration of Ashura has nothing to do with 9/11, but when thousands of Muslims take to the streets to self-flagellate in cities across the U.S., don’t you think there would be at least one media outlet would report on it?



The videos are all over Facebook and Youtube and mosque websites but no news coverage at all.

The events are typically marked with bloody self-flagellation by adult males and children while fully clad women watch.



Unlike prior years, the processions we viewed for 2019 so far, were not bloody. Presumably this is because they needed permits to march through city downtown’s and were restricted - although we did see the blades in some videos but people had shirts on to obscure physical wounds. All the processions had police escorts.

We’ve posted videos of the violent, bloody ritual that includes young children including Muslim toddlers, in prior years - often taking place inside or outside of mosques.



There are dozens of bloody videos of the Islamic ritual from around the world available online - and in 2014 the NY Daily News posted a few images.

New York City - September 8, 2019



Iranian news covered it - and even panned their camera to the sky - where the WTC’s used to stand?

California

Video here - too large to embed (note the blades being swung against the back in the image below)



Illinois - downtown Chicago



Longer video here



Georgia - in an Atlanta mosque



Longer video here



Texas - downtown Houston

Videos here and here

Note what appears to be symbolic, blood-splattered flag seen in a few videos and may be used now to represent the blood.



Michigan - Dearborn

Videos here and here