Fanatics Collection

Islamic Contortions
Some Moslems choose to twist and contort their bodies while praying, bending backwards to a remarkable degree

Verne / Steam House 4
LA MAISON A VAPEUR A menacing group of native fanatics are terrified by the mighty machine

The Fanatics, by Miles Malleson, A Play for the Broad-Minded, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, directed by Clifford Hamilton, produced by Arthur Gibbons, from the Queens Theatre

NEW ZEALAND MAORI DANCE
The HAU-HAU, a religious /patriotic dance of the Pai Marire fanatics, which expresses in dance movement a challenge to the authorities, somewhat like a war dance. Date: 1864

SHIITES IN ECSTASY
Shiite Moslem fanatics mutilate themselves in a state of ecstasy during the pilgrimage to Kerbela, Iran Date: 1909

Ecstatic Moslems
MOSLEM FANATICS At the Mohurrum Festival, Iran, devotees mutilate themselves while in a state of ecstasy Date: 1913

Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, Morocco
A member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s

Frontier Raiders under military escort, NWFP
Frontier Raiders ( Loosewallahs ) - religious fanatics from the border territory of the NWFP, under military escort by British Indian Colonial soldiers. Date: circa 1920s

Aissaouas Mutilation
Moslem fanatics at Kairouan, a holy city of Tunisia, seem to feel no pain as they inflict fearful mutilations on their own bodies

Doseh Ceremony
At the Doseh, or treading ceremony, held on Mohammeds birthday, sufi devotees prostrate themselves while their sheikh rides over them on his horse

Moslem Fanatics
Moslem fanatics at the Mohurrum festival : they have inflicted all kinds of physical injuries on their bodies as signs of their devotion

Holy War Preached / 1897
In India, fanatical Moslems respond enthusiastically to the call for a Jihad (holy war) against the occupying British

Afghanistan Bamian Valle
Two monumental Buddhist figures, which regrettably will be destroyed by Islamic fanatics in the 21st century

Shiite Self-Mutilators
MOSLEM PILGRIMS Shi ite fanatics of Iran mutilate themselves in a state of ecstasy during their pilgrimage to Kerbela

Mohurrum Festival, Iran
MOSLEM FANATICS At the Mohurrum Festival, Iran, devotees mutilate themselves while in a state of ecstasy

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