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According to BBC News "Where child sacrifice is a business", there are posters warning of the danger of abduction by witch doctors for the purpose of child sacrifice in Uganda's capital, Kampala. It is reported that from the 3 years ago, with a boom in the country's economy, the ritual that sacrifices children for the wealth and health has re-emerged. According to the police, they investigated 25 alleged ritual murders in 2008, and 29 children in 2009. However,Jubilee Campaign UK-based charity says in a report " The true number of cases is in the hundreds, and claims more than 900 cases have not been investigated by the police." Many people believe members of the country's elite including police are corrupted by the witch doctors, and police excuses that there is a lack of resources and there is no evidence to take the suspects to the court.
This is the Awali's words who boasted he had sacrificed children many times "We can bury the child alive on your construction site, or we cut them in different places and put their blood in a bottle of spiritual medicine." This was recorded by undercover reporter who approached to him disguising as a businessman who was looking for a child sacrifice to bring prosperity. After meeting him, the team handed out information to the police. However, It is said that he is still a free man.
There should be hope in children's eyes in any continents; the eyes of Afghan children who are smoking marijuana after hard working and the eyes of the girls who were raped by their school teachers and the eyes of Ugandan children who are gripped by fear. In Korea, there is a movie playing now titled "Dogani" which is dragging a whole nations attention. This was filmed based on the true story which happened a few years ago. Some school staff including the principal raped teenagers who are deaf in a disabled school, but the offenders just sentenced probation and got free and went back their same routine and the filthy incident seemed to disappear. However, a brave female author wrote a novel about the case and they shot the movie. Now, this movie is giving all nations huge shame. I think that the elites in Uganda and those in Korea are same, no difference; live in primitive cultures.
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References
Rogers, C. (2011, October 11). Where child sacrifice is a business. BBC News. Retrieved October 18 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15255357
Sadly, it isn't just in primitive, superstition ridden countries where the traditional culture is positively evil as it encourages this sort of vile abuse of children.
ReplyDeleteThe US, and I assume every other country, has serious child abuse problems, as this report, also on the BBC today, shows: "America's child death shame" at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15288865
And I do think it's reasonable and right to blame the traditional culture for this sort of immoral behaviour. Some elements of most cultures are evil, and it's important to say that, not pretend that all cultures are equal or moral - they are not.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't think my previous comment is disrespectful. On the contrary, respect requires a critical approach and willingness to speak the truth about a topic, even if it offends some (many) people.
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