There's a process Haj goes through prior to becoming a "shahid" / "martyr" which involves ritual cleansing, before the act, to "purify" and prepare the dude for his entrance to heaven. Some of the groups extend this "courtesy" to their victims, which is why they'll appear recently bathed, shaved / bald or trimmed.
That makes more sense to me then, it seems that the prisoners of US look a hell of a lot worse when we see them.
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absolutely correct! and if you've died in battle (a martyr) you don't get washed no matter how dirty..you are auto-martyr.
the process is know as the "tahara".
gotta love the japaneseApparently, the Japanese do not take it very seriously. Here's a collage of some of their twitter responses.
Was in the paper this morning and to me it appears like they all have no dirt on them or anything. Like they all just bathed and got on new clothes for this shot.
A lot of you will call me crazy but I mean seriously the prisoners in Guantanamo bay looked 100 times worse than these guys. This doesn't seem "real" enough for me.
In Japan they think about death very differently it seems. About 100% believe we are in a shadow world next to a shadow world, etc. A Dream within a Dream, it's said.Apparently, the Japanese do not take it very seriously. Here's a collage of some of their twitter responses.
And how did they fake the picture of the guy's head propped on his stomach, held by his own dead hands? I posted pics of peoples heads being taken. There is nothing fake about it.
you mean we're not?
