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**Title:** Witnessing Ashura in Pakistan - A Disturbing yet Fascinating Tradition
**Summary:**
* The narrator visits Pakistan during Ashura, a holy day for Muslims, particularly Shia Muslims (approx. 25% of Muslims, over 250 million people).
* Ashura commemorates the assassination of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, with acts of repentance, guilt, and pain.
* The narrator witnesses and documents a disturbing tradition where Shia men (including children as young as 9-10 years old) whip and cut themselves with extremely sharp knives until they bleed, as a form of lamentation.
* Locals, including a 34-year-old man, proudly share their scars and express desire to pass this tradition to their children, citing family and faith as motivations.
* The narrator visits a Shia temple, learns about the significance of sacred horses (symbolizing a horse that protected Hussein), and highlights the importance of respecting diverse beliefs, despite finding the practice disturbing.
Here are the extracted key facts, each with a number and in short sentences, excluding opinions:
**General Context**
1. The narrator is in Pakistan, a country that is overwhelmingly Muslim (about 95%).
2. The discussion revolves around the Islamic day of Ashura.
**Ashura and Shia Muslims**
3. Ashura is a day of repentance for Muslims, commemorating the assassination of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
4. Only Shia Muslims, who make up about 25% of all Muslims (over 250 million people), observe Ashura in a specific, more intense manner.
5. Ashura falls on the 10th day of the month of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.
6. Muharram is considered the second holiest month after Ramadan.
**Traditions and Practices on Ashura**
7. Some Shia Muslims practice self-flagellation (whipping themselves) as a form of repentance.
8. Others may cut themselves with very sharp knives, including children as young as 8-10 years old, until they bleed.
9. This practice is typically done by men in public, while women may lightly hit their chests in private, without the use of knives.
10. The practice is often stopped by others when the individual is deemed to have suffered enough.
11. Participants are proud of their scars, seeing them as a badge of devotion.
**Specific to Shia Temples**
12. Every Shia temple has a sacred horse, symbolizing the horse that protected Hussein during his assassination.
13. These horses are well cared for within the temple premises.
**Demographics and Beliefs**
14. Shia Muslims are the only ones who celebrate Ashura in this intense, physically expressive manner.
15. Other Muslims may observe Ashura with fasting or simpler forms of lamentation.