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Friday January 30, 2009
Islam: 
A Muslim father in England has been convicted of cruelty for encouraging his 10-year-old son to whip himself during a Shia Muslim ceremony. The boy took part in zanjeer matam, in which believers beat themselves with a wooden implement with chains and blades attached to it.
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