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Dropping babies from the roof: a shocking ritual in India

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]