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  2. Witchcraft accusations against children - Wikipedia

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    These proposed acts led to the children being imprisoned in filthy conditions, turned in by their own parents. [8] They were held for a year in solitary confinement before being transferred to a hospital. The last child was freed in 1729. [8] One example of a child-witch narrative in Germany is of a seven-year-old girl named Brigitta Horner. In ...

  3. Religious discrimination against modern pagans - Wikipedia

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    According to Gerald Gardner, who popularised Wicca in the twentieth century, the religion is a survival of a European witch-cult that was persecuted during the witch trials (sometimes called the Burning Times), and the strong element of secrecy that traditionally surrounds the religion was adopted as a reaction to that persecution.

  4. Witchcraft accusations against children in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Witchcraft accusations against children in Africa have received increasing international attention in the first decade of the 21st century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The phenomenon of witch-hunts in Sub-Saharan Africa is ancient, [ 4 ] but the problem has been exasperated due to charismatic preachers such as Helen Ukpabio . [ 4 ]

  5. 'Witchcraft isn’t a belief system. It’s a practice' - AOL

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    According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Religious Identification Survey, between 2001 and 2008, the number of Wiccans increased from 134,000 to 342,000, while the number of pagans increased ...

  6. Criticism of modern paganism - Wikipedia

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    Historian, religious scholar, and ethnologist A. V. Gurko believed that the concept of "neo-paganism" "can be defined from the term 'paganism,' which refers to heterogeneous polytheistic religions, cults, beliefs, and the definition of new religious movements characterized by syncretism, active use of mass media, communications, apocalypticism ...

  7. Modern witch hunts - Wikipedia

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    [example needed] For example, it was reported on 21 May 2008 that in Kenya a mob had burnt to death at least 11 people accused of witchcraft. [citation needed] The Western region of Kenya is particularly known for witch hunts, [23] and the district of Kisii has been labeled a "sorcery belt". In this region, elders are often targeted and labeled ...

  8. Modern paganism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 2014 Pew Research Center's Religious Landscapes Survey included a subset of the New Age Spiritual Movement called "Pagan or Wiccan," reflecting that 3/4 of individuals identifying as New Age also identified as Pagan or Wiccan and placing Wiccans and Pagans at 0.3% of the total U.S. population or approximately 956,000 people of just over ...

  9. Amish youth experience a rite of passage called Rumspringa ...

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    The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...