Tantrik, disciple held for eating corpse PTI Monday April 10 2006 http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20060410062918&Page=P&Title=Nation&Topic=0
JAUNPUR: A tantrik and his disciple were arrested here on Monday for allegedly digging up the body of an 18-month-old boy and eating it to attain "supernatural powers". The two, who were arrested from Mutharabad Shah area of the district, had admitted to exhuming the body and consuming it after cutting off the head in order to attain supernatural powers, senior superintendent of police Abhay Kumar Prasad said on Monday. He said the head of the child, who had died a week earlier due to some illness, was found lying near the grave but the body was missing. Suspecting the hand of a tantrik, police launched a manhunt and arrested the two on Monday, he said. The 'Aghora' Saivite sect of ascetics that live on the banks of the river Ganga at Varanasi reportedly eat corpses in the belief that it would help them attain supernatural powers. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20060410062918&Page=P&Title=Nation&Topic=0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
