The report from the Al Jazeera website on the Kenyan witch hunts highlights an ongoing problem in Africa. This is not limited to Kenya, but appears be a problem throughout the continent. Superstition, greed, poverty, and corrupt religious leaders appear to be stirring up community fears, and it is costing lives.
Previous posts on this subject:
Persecution of Supposed Witches on the Rise
Witch Children of Africa Cont.
The Children of Pentecostal Theology?
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If only there were a phrase that meant "a highly-publicized campaign of persecution, ostensibly carried out in order to expose traitors, often relying on flimsy or nonexistent evidence."
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