Religious Fundamentalism and Superstition Target Congolese Children

[theHandpuppet]

Just another reminder of why I regard ANY form of religious fundamentalism as a blight upon the species and the earth. Read the entire article... Christian evangelicals are also involved in this disgusting child abuse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4727745.stm

Last Updated: Saturday, 30 July 2005, 11:35 GMT 12:35 UK

Congo's child victims of superstition

By Angus Crawford
BBC, DR Congo

Poverty, civil war and a widely held belief in witchcraft means children in the Democratic Republic of Congo can be extremely vulnerable. Angus Crawford hears the stories of some of the young victims in the capital, Kinshasa.

When Maria starts to cry, she does not make a sound. She sits rigid and silent, staring straight ahead.

She allows just a trickle of tears from each eye. She does not even blink.

She has good reason to be sad.

Three years ago, she lived in London and went to primary school. She still has photographs of the friends she made there.

But her stepmother made a discovery - she decided Maria was possessed, that she had what the Congolese call "kindoki" - witchcraft.

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[madeline_con]

1. A disturbing story...

this "exorcist" needs to be taken out.

[theHandpuppet]

2. I guess if these weren't little brown children...

...this subject would generate more interest and attention from the media. Obviously it barely generates a blip on the radar even here on DU. Perhaps I should have considered posting the 37th thread on whether Dubya gave people the finger or not.

Well, this at least tells me why the media spends so much time on one missing white girl in Aruba. Think about it.