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06-16-2015, 07:42 PM
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(MENAFN - The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Parents in Zimbabwe are concerned that cases of "Satanism" may be on the rise, especially at the nation's boarding schools.
A few weeks ago, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear of a school in the Mashonaland East Province that was closed following allegations that a male teacher at the school was involved in Satanism.
According to informed sources, the teacher was accused of practicing Satanism to the point that students were being possessed by "evil spirits" and, in some cases, going hysterical.
As many as 480 children at the Zinatsa School were reportedly affected to the point that their guardians withdrew them from the school.
A second school in the same area, Chideme Secondary School, was similarly affected a few days later, prompting officials to intervene.
Last year, similar incidents occurred at a school in the same province, the Nhowe Mission, where a girl had her throat slashed in mysterious circumstances.
In an indication of how widespread reports of Satanism have become in Zimbabwe, two schools in capital Harare, too, were similarly affected.
At one school in Hatcliffe in the capital's northern suburbs, two girls reportedly developed canine teeth after allegedly being given amulets by their teacher. A commotion also ensued at a primary school in Harare's Kuwadzana Township when parents stormed the school to demand an explanation.
One fourth-grader's body reportedly took on the colors of a snake, while other children from the same class developed tattoos that allegedly caused their classmates to become hysterical.
Calm was eventually restored following the intervention of the police and a local legislator.
While Zimbabweans who spoke to Anadolu Agency said Satanism does exist in some schools, the authorities adamantly dismissed these claims.
"There is nothing called 'Satanism' in Zimbabwean schools. When these kids go to school, they do so with different ailments. Some of them start fainting during examinations that's not Satanism," Education Minister Lazarus Dokora told Anadolu Agency.
Dokora said his ministry used "scientific research" to confirm such claims, none of which, he asserted, had turned out to be true.
"We receive such reports from time to time. But without scientific proof, there's no way we can confirm Satanism exists in schools. In actual fact, the kids suffer from anxiety," Dokora said.
"People might call it 'Satanism' because of what they hear at their churches," the minster added. "But we see most of these incidents at examination time; they are due to anxiety."
But George Kandiyero, head of Zimbabwe's Traditional Healers Association, said that "Satanism" was simply a new term for witchcraft a phenomenon, he said, that had always existed.
"As traditional healers, we don't acknowledge the existence of Satanism. But, yes, witchcraft is there, including at schools," Kandiyero told Anadolu Agency.
(MENAFN - The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Parents in Zimbabwe are concerned that cases of "Satanism" may be on the rise, especially at the nation's boarding schools.
A few weeks ago, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear of a school in the Mashonaland East Province that was closed following allegations that a male teacher at the school was involved in Satanism.
According to informed sources, the teacher was accused of practicing Satanism to the point that students were being possessed by "evil spirits" and, in some cases, going hysterical.
As many as 480 children at the Zinatsa School were reportedly affected to the point that their guardians withdrew them from the school.
A second school in the same area, Chideme Secondary School, was similarly affected a few days later, prompting officials to intervene.
Last year, similar incidents occurred at a school in the same province, the Nhowe Mission, where a girl had her throat slashed in mysterious circumstances.
In an indication of how widespread reports of Satanism have become in Zimbabwe, two schools in capital Harare, too, were similarly affected.
At one school in Hatcliffe in the capital's northern suburbs, two girls reportedly developed canine teeth after allegedly being given amulets by their teacher. A commotion also ensued at a primary school in Harare's Kuwadzana Township when parents stormed the school to demand an explanation.
One fourth-grader's body reportedly took on the colors of a snake, while other children from the same class developed tattoos that allegedly caused their classmates to become hysterical.
Calm was eventually restored following the intervention of the police and a local legislator.
While Zimbabweans who spoke to Anadolu Agency said Satanism does exist in some schools, the authorities adamantly dismissed these claims.
"There is nothing called 'Satanism' in Zimbabwean schools. When these kids go to school, they do so with different ailments. Some of them start fainting during examinations that's not Satanism," Education Minister Lazarus Dokora told Anadolu Agency.
Dokora said his ministry used "scientific research" to confirm such claims, none of which, he asserted, had turned out to be true.
"We receive such reports from time to time. But without scientific proof, there's no way we can confirm Satanism exists in schools. In actual fact, the kids suffer from anxiety," Dokora said.
"People might call it 'Satanism' because of what they hear at their churches," the minster added. "But we see most of these incidents at examination time; they are due to anxiety."
But George Kandiyero, head of Zimbabwe's Traditional Healers Association, said that "Satanism" was simply a new term for witchcraft a phenomenon, he said, that had always existed.
"As traditional healers, we don't acknowledge the existence of Satanism. But, yes, witchcraft is there, including at schools," Kandiyero told Anadolu Agency.