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Kids buried for eclipse healing
2009-07-22 15:07

Hyderabad, Pakistan - Pakistani parents buried paralysed children up to their necks in a muddy river bed on Wednesday, believing that a total eclipse of the sun would allow them to walk.

Two paralysed girls and a boy were buried up to their heads into the Indus River bank in the southern city of Hyderabad for 90 minutes while a spiritual leader recited from the Qu'ran.

"Whenever there's a solar eclipse, I go to Hyderabad to help heal suffering humanity," said Arif Shah, who read from the Qu'ran.

"Allah bestows powers in the paralysed parts of handicapped people during an eclipse and certainly heals them," Shah said.

Nadeem, the father of four-year-old Palwasha whose left side is paralysed, said he had great hopes that his daughter's health would improve.

"I don't mind if she doesn't recover fully but if it helps her recover to a certain extent, it will be enough to make us happy," he said.

People in the southern province of Sindh believe the solar eclipse offers special treatment to people suffering from a variety of ailments.

"Our society believes in myths. Such methods are all based on myths and have nothing to do with medical science," said psychiatrist Syed Ali Wasif.

The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century plunged millions across Asia into temporary darkness on Wednesday, triggering scenes of religious fervour, fear and excitement in India and China.

- AFP
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http://www.news24.com/Content/World...07-2009 03-07/Kids_buried_for_eclipse_healing
 
Bah. Thats bull- The Quran has nothing about eclipse having healing powers!
Nor is it stated in any Hadith.

This is just people incorporating their culture into Islam :/
 
SYNERGY said:
Bah. Thats bull- The Quran has nothing about eclipse having healing powers!
Nor is it stated in any Hadith.

This is just people incorporating their culture into Islam :/
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+1

Stupid people make sh*t up and use religion to justify it. Then the people who hate the religion bring this sh*t up to ....... pointless. They won't stop.
 
Nice story. Its good to believe in something whether true or not as long as they not harming anyone :)
 
and in India a 500 year tradition of dropping babies off buildings onto a sheet held by a few men is coming under fire from doctors who say it can damage the child.

can i type WTF out in longer words?
 
waynegohl said:
and in India a 500 year tradition of dropping babies off buildings onto a sheet held by a few men is coming under fire from doctors who say it can damage the child.

can i type WTF out in longer words?
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Reminds me of that stunt old MJ pulled!
 
"In this day and age..."

Oh yes, in this evolved day and age where women and children are raped and killed by the greedy war mongerings of corrupt leaders.

Thought, just for a moment there, you were saying "in this day and age" as if this kind of cultural belief is more primitive than what goes on in the rest of the world.
 
Did anybody tell them what a eclipse is maybe they don't know. ROFL
 
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