Column | Fire, fidelity and an inhuman heritage
A sati-stone at Veerabhadra temple in Andhra Pradesh In Europe, Christian clergy burnt alive women suspected of being Satan-worshipping witches. In Arabia, the ‘People of the Ditch’ were martyrs who chose death by fire rather than giving up Islam. The theatre of death in matters of faith is very much part of human culture. The […]
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