Muslim Ashura

James White has posted some incredible pictures from the Shia Muslim holy day of Ashura. Self-flagellation is a common practice, named tatbir, where adherents seek to cover themselves in their own blood. Amazingly, what Muslims fail to realize is that the blood of their children and themselves cannot take away sins. Being covered in their own blood accomplishes nothing but a bloody mess. However, being covered and washed in the blood of Christ offers redemption and cleansing from sins along with a complete newness of life. This is at the heart of Christianity and this is why Islam is at root an empty religion.