April 27: 30 Days of Advocacy Against Witch-hunts comes to an end for another year. So is there positive news to report? Yes… At the beginning of March in London Congolese immigrants Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, 29, were convicted of torturing and murdering Bamu’s 15-year-old brother Kristy. The couple believed that Kristy and [...]
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Day 24 of 30 Days of Advocacy against Witch-hunts: 30 Days of Advocacy coincides in the U.S. with National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Back in the 1980′s North America was in a “moral panic” about Satanic Ritual Abuse or SRA. For those too young to remember, Wikipedia reports, “Allegations of SRA involved reports of physical [...]
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Time to catch up with my Witches and Witchcraft Reading Challenge. I have declared for the “Mother” level–11-15 books about witches and witchcraft–but I am shooting for “Crone” status. That’s two witchy books a month through the rest of 2012. *Regarding the problem of “its/it’s,” Murv’s comment below: You must have one of the “accidents.” [...]
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This is Day 15 of 30 Days of Advocacy against Witch-hunts. This campaign was organized by the South African Pagan Rights Alliance in 2008. Under the banner of “Touchstone Advocacy”, SAPRA addressed ongoing accusations of witchcraft and horrific violence against accused witches in South Africa and the African continent. In March 2011 the South African [...]
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Day 9 of 30 Days of Advocacy Against Witchcraft… I’m a lifelong nerd so this story From Sky News in Australia hits uncomfortably close to home: A 17-year-old high school student has been forced to drop out of her studies and seek refuge in a camp for women accused of witchcraft after fellow students said [...]
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April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. It is also day 6 in 30 Days of Advocacy Against Witch-Hunts. In the U.S. there is much concern–largely disproved by scientific research–that autism is caused by vaccinations. In Nigeria there is concern that autism is caused by witchcraft. At a news conference March 29, 2012 in Abuja, [...]
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