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My apologies to the agnostic women reading this - on behalf of (formerly) religious men...

Pope Innocent VIII, the eighth.

Made this decree today, almost 600 years ago.

Women today still aren't on an equal footing with men in our world...but we're closer...

And yes. I'm a hetero male.

Robecology 9 Dec 5
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Sooooo I'm doomed.
On the other hand, it no doubt beats the hell out of fading away in a nursing home.....

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Seems to me the Saudi's executed someone for witchcraft in the mid 2000s.

Yes see my edit below, The Saudis actually have a department of the police dedicated to witch hunting. They believe in it absolutely and even being a particularly good Doctor or pharmacist who save too many lives can have you accused of being a witch and locked up or killed.

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It went on a lot longer than that, the last witch trial in the UK was of Helen Duncan in 1945, and the last one in the USA was in 1972 but was avoided by the the declaration and recognition of Witchcraft as a religion, however Wicca and the practice thereof was still a federal crime until 1986 when it was abolished as a result the case of Dettmer v Landon.
In some states, reading Tarrot cards is still illegal as is fortune telling and animal sacrifice with the sole exception of the Kaparot ritual in Judaism. In this ritual scapegoating it is apparently legitimate to place your sins of the past year magically in to a chicken. This done by having a Rabbi hold said chicken over your head and shake it to death, or if it does not die of shock by ritually cutting it's throat with a magic knife and then giving it to the poor to eat. (Recently an alternate version has been adopted by some less orthodox Jews of having the Rabbi shake a bag of money donated by the supplicant equaling the cost of the chicken over the head of the sinner and then donating the money to a suitable Jewish charity, such as the local synagogue.)

Conversely there are still 10 counties in the world where Witchcraft or magic is still punishable by anything up to and including death

  1. Congo
    Congo Witch Hunting is a social event
    Capital punishments are given to people of ANY AGE alleged to be witches people are hacked to death

  2. Cameroon
    Cameroon Witch Huntring
    Sorcery and witchcraft are fair game for government sactioned public violent Deadly witch-hunt practices targeted at children, elderly women and other alleged witches. Alleged witches are tortured and burnt by the mob in public.

  3. South Africa
    IN South Africa Witch Hunting results in Brutal assaults on women alleged to be witches Many cases are Police watched or supervised as the torture of the women the traditional punishment of being burnt alive, stoned, tortured and brutally killed in the public are visited on usually Elderly women .

  4. India
    Black magic and witchcraft are still illegal in India and in fact new laws were introduced in the 21st century against their practice. Women accused of practising witchcraft face various forms of physical and mental torture as well as execution. Severe violence is commonly used to punish accused witches and can include rape, beating, flogging and severing of limbs.

  5. Gambia
    IN Gambia Witches, according to the human rights organisation Amnesty International, have been locked up in a secret prison since 2009 and made to drink dangerous "medicine" that has led to major kidney problems die as result. Many more people among them are beaten and tortured. The New York Times reported that the witch-hunting campaign was initiated by the Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh.

  6. Kenya
    Witch-hunts are common in Kenya that includes punishing the witches publicly and lynching them. In 2008, a group of Kenyan witch hunters burnt 11 people alleged to be witches publicly. In 2013, a woman was dragged outside her house, and filmed as she was stripped naked and beaten with machetes.

  7. Zambia
    Practicing sorcery and witchcraft is against the laws in Zambia. Like other African nations, deadly witch-hunting practices are prevalent in Zambia
    Witch-hunting gangs or Bamucapi carry out tortures, illegal witchcraft accusations, extortion and confiscating properties of alleged witches.

  8. Papua New Guinea
    Though, “white” magic and faith healing is legal, “black” magic is considered illegal and can lead to 2 years of imprisonment. Government reports suggest that there are increasing incidents of extrajudicial tortures and murders relating to alleged witches, especially lone women. The incidents of killing related to witch-hunts has turned towards cities and increasing day by day.

  9. Tanzania
    Witch-hunting is highly prevalent in Tanzania. Every year nearly 1000 people are executed for practicing witchcraft. Witch-hunts in Tanzania are cruel and violent. Elderly women are the most affected in such violence, but Witch-hunts do not even spare children. Some are burned alive inside their houses.

  10. Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia has very strict laws against practicing witchcraft and sorcery. The punishment can range from life term to death penalty those found guilty of witchcraft. Not even the guest workers, immigrant and tourists from other countries are spared. Saudi Arabia practices the most brutal legally sanctioned witch-hunting practices in the world

Thanks for the details.

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