TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - An extraordinary truth? The Ādam "suicide" notes from Bangladesh
JO  - Mental health, religion and culture
A1  - Selim, N.
SP  - 223
EP  - 244
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 "religion," 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 "religion" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1367-4676
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674670903061230
ID  - ref1
ER  -