I don’t typically link to myself, but this post by Brett Booth reminded me of something that I wrote years ago when something similar to the recent French cartoons were published, or that stupid movie was made. The Message was something I wrote in a different time, however my thoughts on the subject are mostly there.

Since reading it again, I’ve gone back and tweaked some of the typographical errors, but by and large it remains completely unedited.

So my lesson for today is Ashura. I thought this is significant as it’s the first I’ve heard of it personally, but it’s an important period in time for Shia Muslims (a minority of 10-13% of Muslims). I’m not going to try and explain it because I can’t. Rather better read the wikipedia entry which provides a relatively interesting read.