Archive for January, 2007

When your attempt to sacrifice an animal results in your maiming?

Over a thousand Muslims in Turkey stabbed themselves or lost a fight to the animal they were trying to kill in a barbaric blood sacrifice. Does this mean that Allah rejects their blood sacrifice or that they are unworthy? I would like to think so.

From Ireland Online here with a hat tip to Sweetness and Light.

Hundreds of Turks injured in Muslim animal sacrifice

Hundreds of Turks spent the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha holiday in emergency wards today after stabbing themselves or suffering other injuries while sacrificing startled and agitated animals.

Muslims sacrifice cows, sheep, goats and bulls during the four-day religious holiday, a ritual commemorating the biblical account of God’s provision of a ram for Abraham to sacrifice as he was about to kill his son. They share the meat with friends, family and neighbours and give part of it to the poor.

In Turkey, at least 1,179 people – dubbed “amateur butchers” by the Turkish media – were treated at hospitals across the country, most suffering cuts to their hands and legs.

Four people were severely injured when they were crushed under the weight of large animals that fell on top of them, it was reported. Another person was hurt when a crane, used to lift an animal, tumbled onto him.

Not to mention that they slay these animals in their own yards or out on the main street. Unsanitary AND stinky! PETA would certainly complain about the butchery, but they are afraid of getting their heads sawed off.

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