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Beneficiaries of science are spreading superstitions

In 2010, the UN had published a report that said 2556 women had been murdered between 1987 and 2003 after being labelled as witches. Another report stated that 240, 119 and 160 murders in 2011, 2012 and 2013 could be traced to superstition

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