Articles, Opinions & Views: India: Sufi Muslims poke out their eyeballs with swords and sticks during Islamic religious procession By Christine Douglass-Williams
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āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
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āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
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āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
India: Sufi Muslims poke out their eyeballs with swords and sticks during Islamic religious procession By Christine Douglass-Williams
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Jihad Watch : A Sufi festival in India is marked by devoted Muslims poking out their eyeballs with knives.
āThousands of Sufi Muslims make pilgrimages from across the countryā
to attend the historic festival annually, and it is āthe largest Sufi
festival held in the country during the seventh month of the Islamic
calendar based on moon sightings and people of all faiths are welcome to
take part.ā However, many may be alarmed by the eyeball popping. The
practice is deemed
to be an act of religious devotion, where āmen have been photographed
sticking swords into their eyeballs to make them pop out and tongues as
well as piercing their cheeks and backs.ā
Most Westerners cannot fathom the concept of anyone engaging in such
egregious self-harm as a show of devotion to a god. These individuals
are deemed normal and devout, which should lead authorities to question
the mentality of some of the people who are entering Western countries.
It isnāt only Sufis who engage in self-harm as an act of worship and devotion. Many Shia Muslims slice open their heads
with swords during the annual Ashura observance. Children are also
often made to partake in the gruesome ritual, encouraged by their
parents.
āA sight for sore eyes! Sufi Muslim devotees poke out their eyeballs
with knives as part of religious procession for the annual Urs festival
in India,ā by Chris Matthews, MailOnline, January 29, 2022:
A festival started in India today that was marked by devoted Muslims poking out their eyeballs with knives. The Urs festival is held every year in Ajmer, a city in Indiaās Rajasthan state. It is a memorial to the death of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti,
who established the Chishtiya Sufi order in the country around 800
years ago. The festival will last for another five days, and features devotees
performing stunts such as making their eyeballs bulge while flags are
raised.
Unlike other branches of Islam, Sufis devote themselves to particular saints. It is a concept other strands of Islam do not always recognise. It traces its principles from the prophet Muhammad through his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sufis believe they are practising ihsan, the perfection of worship, as revealed by Angel Gabriel to Muhammadā¦ā¦
All cultures are not equal or compatible with Western free societies.
The concept of shedding oneās own blood or the blood of others in an
act of religious worship is unacceptable in Judeo-Christian culture.
