People in various parts of the world are still killing each other for the 'crime' of 'witchcraft'. There are sadly hundreds of examples, the two I've seen today are a channel 4 dispatches investigation of the 'witch children' in Nigeria and the upsetting case of an official prosecution and death sentence for witchcraft of a TV presenter in Saudi Arabia.
The first case is a terrible example of the deadly combination of religious extremism, superstition and the mass hysteria of a scared and ignorant mob. In some ways I find the second case more disturbing in that it is official and state sanctioned. The western world (especially the UK and the USA) turn a blind eye to these issues (and their treatment of women and homosexuals) as they do a lot of business with the Saudis, including sales of advanced weapons, something we should all be against in my opinion.
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UPDATE:
A group called Human Rights Watch are on to this. There is also a BBC report here. Hopefully this will get enough attention that international pressure will be put on the Saudi rulers to put a stop to this nonsense.
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