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Rats of Shah doula: Genetic Disorder or abusive religious ritual
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Rats of Shah doula: Genetic Disorder or abusive religious ritual

Unfortunate kids abandoned due to mere superstitions are generally refers as Rats of Shah Doula. If this horrendous act can stop these kids can be fruitful citizen of society. South Asia is unfortunately a hub of weird superstitions and traditions. Some of them are brutal and atrocious but they observed in the name of religion. One of them is Rats of Shah Doula. Kids are mentally unstable and their heads are deformed. They suffered from a disease called Microcephaly. It started in 1800s after an infertile woman blessed with a kid after offering prayer in the shrine. The main shrine is in Gujrat city Pakistan. It is after the pious man named Hazrat Syed Kabeeruddin Shahdaula. He was born in 1581 in a very noble house of the city. He lost his parents in a tender age. Then he went t...