The BBC studiously ignores the fact that this is a crime perpetrated (yet again) by the Religion of Peace whose adherents routinely burn and execute “witches” in any country they control including the supposedly civilized Saudi Arabia. Instead “Indians” in general are blamed for what is clearly some local imam Islaming his way out of a paternity suit or something:
Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers after being branded as witches in India’s Jharkhand state.
Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.
The incident occurred on Sunday in a remote village in Deoghar district.
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They have lodged a case against 11 villagers, including six women. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Armed police have since been deployed to the area.
“On Sunday morning the victims were taken to a playground where hundreds had assembled to watch the ghastly incident,” deputy inspector general of police Murari Lal Meena told the BBC.
“No one in the mob came forward to rescue the victims as they were being stripped and beaten up,” he said.
The victims are now under police protection.
Sounds like Islam to me, though to be fair the area of India where this has happened is also suffering a Naxalite/Maoist insurgency and we shouldn’t underestimate the influence of a bloodthirsty hate cult like Communism on these incidents. But frankly this has a whiff of the Matthew Hopkins about it:
Hundreds of people, mostly women, have been killed in India because their neighbours thought they were witches.
Experts say superstitious beliefs are behind some of these attacks, but there are occasions when people – especially widows – are targeted for their land and property.
Since Islam is a religion designed around the tradition of booty taking I can’t say I’m surprised by this. I am still somewhat surprised by the deafening silence of the American neo-pagan movement, but not enough to actually make a big deal out of it given its leftward tilt.
In many African states where Islam dominates, there are lots of withcraft that is tolerated if not condoned- especially when it comes to witch doctors making wealth potions and using albino body parts in their spellcraft.
I’m with you tho- I think this is more about revenge against these women for some reason. Bad enough that if you divorce a woman in Islam no one wants you. Now if you are a widow no one wants you either? These women can’t get a break.
BelchSpeak,
I agree with you, the people who perpetrated this atrocity are sick.