The world still hasn't recovered from the shock waves created by the beheading (this sounds so much out of the depths of fiction, it is unimaginable) of a Saudi Arabian woman, Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser. The reason? "The citizen... practised acts of witchcraft and sorcery," Still unimaginable.
Yet again, honest people pay a price for exercising their rights to freedom of speech or religion in the country with monarchical reign. A country without any written criminal code. So secretive was her execution & so unfair her trial that the interior ministry of the country did not even care to give details or reasons for her heinous execution and merely stated that 'she was convicted for practising sorcery'. And this was the second such execution within a short span.
In India, these practices are still rampant, though hidden beneath several cloaks of superstition, fear or religious beliefs. Not so surprising would be the fact that political protection is given to such acts of voodoo or black magic in the garb of respecting local religious sentiments. Far from being punishable, these practices continue to flourish in areas where education & public awareness continue to be mysteriously truant.
Come to think of it and sorcery seems so unbelievable sitting in the buzzing technology corridors . Perhaps, a thing of past and definitely not a reason to behead someone publicly.
We could dissect 'sorcery' to concepts and contexts which are much more mundane than South Arabian black magic. Are we sorcerized out of our fundamental rights every day? Isn't the consistent inflation a sorcerer killing the steady incomes of the middle class? Aren't the poor magicked out of their livelihoods? Isn't the looming recession a sorcerer in its own right? Aren't corrupt politicos sorcerers of votes and our tax money?
Beheading some or any of these could solve several issues, really!
Yet again, honest people pay a price for exercising their rights to freedom of speech or religion in the country with monarchical reign. A country without any written criminal code. So secretive was her execution & so unfair her trial that the interior ministry of the country did not even care to give details or reasons for her heinous execution and merely stated that 'she was convicted for practising sorcery'. And this was the second such execution within a short span.
In India, these practices are still rampant, though hidden beneath several cloaks of superstition, fear or religious beliefs. Not so surprising would be the fact that political protection is given to such acts of voodoo or black magic in the garb of respecting local religious sentiments. Far from being punishable, these practices continue to flourish in areas where education & public awareness continue to be mysteriously truant.
Come to think of it and sorcery seems so unbelievable sitting in the buzzing technology corridors . Perhaps, a thing of past and definitely not a reason to behead someone publicly.
We could dissect 'sorcery' to concepts and contexts which are much more mundane than South Arabian black magic. Are we sorcerized out of our fundamental rights every day? Isn't the consistent inflation a sorcerer killing the steady incomes of the middle class? Aren't the poor magicked out of their livelihoods? Isn't the looming recession a sorcerer in its own right? Aren't corrupt politicos sorcerers of votes and our tax money?
Beheading some or any of these could solve several issues, really!
No comments:
Post a Comment