Monday, June 13, 2005

Religious fundamentalism among african immigrants

I was disgusted by the case of the Angolan( yeah, right) refugees who tortured and abused a child because of the alleged possession by' evil spirits'.
In what must have sounded like the Arthur Miller play 'The Crucible' , this casehas highlighted the Christian fundamentalism within our midst in this great city. I'm no enthusiast of middle eastern syperstitions, but this is not the first case of evangelical bullshit resulting in the serious injury and near death of children because of superstition.

Wood Green and Bounds Green are awash with posters of 'evangelical crusades' with self styled prophets, and healers form the African continent. They offer some sort of community amongst newly arrived immigrants in their churches, and exploit the vulnerable and naive culture shocked congregations with tales of healing and exorcism.
The authorities, as ever, seem to bend overbackwards to accommodate religion and are often reluctant to prosecute these religious barbarians until it is too late.

I am fed up of this nonsense, and it is time there was a clampdown on these churches which exploit vulnerable people.

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