text: Yes, and your point is entirely fallacious. Just because we have a 'word' for something, it doesn't mean we 'believe' in it. The punishment of witchcraft was prolific in the middle ages, and so on, as was the belief in magic in general. Unlike your populace, however, we believe in reality now :D I did do some research, and provided you with evidence which you obviously chose to ignore. You do realise that a belief in witchcraft isn't necessarily divisible from Christian or Islamic belief? Never heard of the inquisition, have you? The belief in witchcraft is a predominate part of traditional African village spirituality, and it hasn't been curtailed by Abrahamic religion, only intensified.