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Bride Burning In India

Bride burning in the Hindu religion is a hideous custom enforced by the Brahmin priests to eradicate non-Brahmin women, in order to destroy the non-Brahmin races. Other methods used are wife-burning, sati or widow-burning, jauhar, and witch burning. Most of these murders are passed off or regarded as kitchen fires and are never brought to justice. This is a result of the low status of women in India who are viewed more as personnel property that can be disposed of at anytime.
About eighty percent of India is Hindus. Bride-burning is a result of the Vedic decrees enforcing of dowry, which is the extortion of large quantities of wealth by the groom's family from the bride's family. The Veda is a collection of the oldest of Hindu spiritual text which are interpreted by the Brahmin priests. When the bride's family cannot pay the amount commanded by the in-laws, the bride is often then burned alive as a consequence. Sometimes the in-laws demand more dowry than the agreement made at......


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