Episode 7
Headline edition: Self-flagellation, Hindu-Muslim joint prayer, and more
September 17th, 2019
1 hr 6 mins 10 secs
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About this Episode
- Self-flaggelation during Ashura
- Did Jesus' cloak hold magical healing powers?
- Do Hindus and Muslims worship the same god?"
- Will the Senate-passed Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act (S.178) have any teeth?
Episode Links
- Photos of the Week - Religion News Service — Afghan Shiites flagellate themselves with chains and blades to mark Ashura, outside the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 10, 2019. Ashura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala, in present-day Iraq, in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
- Stations of the Cross
- A school where Muslims and Hindus pray together stirs strife in divided India - Religion News Service
- Rubio, Menendez Applaud Senate Passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act - Press Releases - U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio
- Blackwater Mercenary Prince Has New $1 Trillion Chinese Boss - Bloomberg
- The Tibetan Muslims of Kashmir | The Diplomat
- Text: Woman healed by touching Jesus' garment — Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48