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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Irrational and sad

African churches denounce children as ‘witches’: Pastors accuse thousands of children, leading to torture or death

The caption to a photo is horrific:
Accused child witches Jane, left, and Mary, right, stand with other children accused of witchcraft at the Children's Rights and Rehabilitation Network in Eket, Nigeria, on Aug. 18, 2009. Jane's mother tried to saw off the top of her skull after a pastor denounced her and Mary, 15, is just beginning to think about boys and how they will look at the scar tissue on her face caused when her mother doused her in caustic soda.
[Emphasis mine]

What a horrible thing to do in the name of religion to defenceless children!

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