Shiite Muslims etch their faith on their bodies with tattoos

Alodi Issa, 22, poses for a photo showing off his tattoos with Shiite Muslim religious slogans in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on July 18, 2016 photo. The tattoo in Arabic reads: Oh, the revenge for Hussein. Ali, Fatima. 313, Oh Abu Fadel al-Abbas. (AP)

Updated on: Jul 29, 2016 6:04 PM IST

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Alodi Issa, 22, poses for a photo showing off his tattoos with Shiite Muslim religious slogans in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on July 18, 2016 photo. The tattoo in Arabic reads: Oh, the revenge for Hussein. Ali, Fatima. 313, Oh Abu Fadel al-Abbas. (AP)

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Farah Najm, 21, an aviation maintenance student, poses for a photo showing her tattoo of the sword of Shiite Muslims' first Imam Ali in Beirut. A growing number of Shiite Muslims in Lebanon are getting tattoos with religious and other Shiite symbols since the civil war in neighbouring Syria broke out five years ago, fanning sectarian flames across the region. (AP)

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Abbas, 23, poses for a photo showing off his tattoos in Arabic that reads: We are all your Abbas, oh Zeinab. (AP)

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A Lebanese Shiite supporter of Hezbollah with a tattoo on his head that reads in Arabic: Oh Ali, beats his chest during the holy day of Ashoura. (AP)

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Alodi Issa, 22, poses for a photo showing off his tattoos. The tattoo in Arabic reads: Oh, the revenge for Hussein. Ali, Fatima. (AP)

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Hamza, 25, poses for a photo showing off his tattoos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Shiite Muslim slogans. The tattoo in Arabic reads: It is impossible to humiliate us. (AP)

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Ali Hussein Nasreddine, 50, poses for a photo showing off his tattoos, one of which is that of Imam Ali. (AP)

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Zulfiqar, 30, poses for a photo showing his tattoo of Shiite Muslims' first Imam Ali. (AP)