The Sacrificial Beast Strikes Back
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It seems that Muslim animals have had enough. Can anyone say suicide bull?
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Television showed a number of bulls escaping the knife and running down the streets. One butted open the door of a corner shop and took refuge inside. Angry bulls in at least two places attacked their would-be killers and put them in hospital.
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Sacrificial beasts strike back in Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Muslim faithful are supposed to sacrifice sheep or other livestock for the Eid al-Adha festival, but in Turkey more than 1,600 people cut themselves and two died of heart attacks on Tuesday.
Turkey's streets annually run with blood as sheep and cattle have their throats cut on pavements and waste ground to commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God. The scenes are decried by the secular media which every year calls for an end to the public slaughter. Read full story.
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COMMENTLINE It seems that Muslim animals have had enough. Can anyone say suicide bull?
NEWSLINE
Television showed a number of bulls escaping the knife and running down the streets. One butted open the door of a corner shop and took refuge inside. Angry bulls in at least two places attacked their would-be killers and put them in hospital.
NEWSBYTE
Sacrificial beasts strike back in Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Muslim faithful are supposed to sacrifice sheep or other livestock for the Eid al-Adha festival, but in Turkey more than 1,600 people cut themselves and two died of heart attacks on Tuesday.
Turkey's streets annually run with blood as sheep and cattle have their throats cut on pavements and waste ground to commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God. The scenes are decried by the secular media which every year calls for an end to the public slaughter. Read full story.
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posted by Steven Moyer at 3:15 PM
2 Comments:
Do you know that the meat from the sacrificed is supposed to be given to the poor?
Just a curiousity Q.
Yeap, it says so in the article. ;)
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