Muslims in western India have been observing a bizarre ritual -- they’ve been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health. The faithful have been observing the ritual at a shrine in Solapur, in western India’s Maharastra, for more than five hundred years. They believe it will make their children strong and say no accidents have ever happened. [Reuters]
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An extreme example of why religion imposed onto children IS simply child abuse. Delusional adults have no right to play with the lives of their children. People shouldn’t be allowed to indoctrinate young kids with their muddled nonsense and superstitions, much less endanger their children’s lives with it.