[Amy]

March 22, 2016

(MENAFN - Morocco World News) ;">Rabat – A young girl who according to her relatives was 'possessed by the devil' died on Sundayfollowing repeated sessions of exorcism performed by a 'fqih' (exorcist) in Taliouine in the region of Agadir Morocco.

The tragedy started when the family of the victim took her to a local exorcist after she went into a fit of hysteria.

According to informed sources the young woman Samira who was known among local people in the small town for her mental disability was subject to regular sessions of torture with fire.

The health conditions of the poor woman who could not withstand the continuous sessions of torture by the exorcist deteriorated and her family took her to the regional hospial of Agadir where she died.

To cast out the evil spirit from her body the fqih reportedly burned every part of her body in order to 'force the evil spirit' to leave her.

The fqih and his assistants were reportedly arrested and an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of the girl's death.

Out of ignorance and a lack of enough knowledge about mental illnesses the mother of the victim a widow took her to an exorcist believing that her daughter was possessed by the devil.

Local community activists denounced the tragic event calling on the government to create health centers to treat the mentally ill and save them from the tortures of ignorant people who make a fortune out of patients' misery.

Seems the woman had epilepsy.

[FilRude]

So sad that she had to die such a slow painful death because those who cared for her still believed in demons and were ignorant to her true ailment.

[Daveroo]

and epilepsy is not a mental illness...like retardation..it is a mental disorder or disease,can be genetic or caused by trauma.it can happen to anyone at any age.

[AudieMurphy]

That's terrible. :( All this and all she had was epilepsy. What kind of exorcist is this

[sancatz22]

So sad

[Flapmon]

Poor woman.

[Oswald2001]

These are the people whom the Liberal of The West are importing into civilized countries.

[Amy]

Hawaiians have an odd culture too. Any "tribal" community that follows odd religious practices are odd to most. They were going to let a volcano destroy a whole town in Hawaii as opposed to diverting to lava flow because they didnt want to anger the volcano gods.

Some of the most atrocious acts have been done for beliefs. I cant image having a belief system that supported the idea of harming, torturing and fucking others over for a supreme being or beings. More people do hold some variety of this belief than not, though.

[mshope24]

Religion makes people do some dickish shit.

[Morbid75]

I think the final paragraph is telling of what needs to happen.
Africa has a huge number of countries that still use witch doctors, exorcists, muti rituals and all kinds of supernatural thinking to solve medical problems with well established solutions.

Things like this will only stop at a structural level where the people turn first to medicine rather than the local witch doctors or exorcists. So it not only means more medical centers but also changing the values and beliefs of the people who live there. That will not be easy.