@article{ref1,
title="An extraordinary truth? The Ādam "suicide" notes from Bangladesh",
journal="Mental health, religion and culture",
year="2010",
author="Selim, N.",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="223-244",
abstract="In 2007, nine members of the Ādam family committed suicide in a small town of Bangladesh. They had left suicide notes inside the house. The Ādams believed in an anti-Islamic faith, the Ādam &quot;religion,&quot; founded by the father, Abdul Ādam, who had died seven years ago. Only one of the members of the Ādam family is still alive, a daughter who was not part of the mass suicide. Most newspapers in the country reported the incident, but few journalists explored the story in depth. Based on a close reading of the suicide notes and a brief analysis of the major newspaper reports, the author argues that while the Ādam &quot;religion&quot; was rooted in the Be-shara (against orthodoxy) tradition within Islam, the Ādams were also suffering from a shared delusion. The Ādams probably practiced kufri kalam (underground satanic practice), and they were part of the sub-culture of protest existing in contemporary Bangladesh. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1367-4676",
doi="10.1080/13674670903061230",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674670903061230"
}