Bulgaria Prophet Baba Vanga Causes Closure of Afghan Newspaper
Society | February 23, 2009, Monday| 31109 views
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Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian prophet, has lead to the closing down of one of Afghanistan's most famous newspapers, Payman. Photo by balkantravellers.com
Bulgaria's famous clairvoyant, Baba Vanga, has inadvertently lead to the closure of one of Afghanistan's most respected and well known newspapers, Payman, after threats were made against the editor following an article on the Bulgarian prophet, the UK Guardian newspaper reported late Sunday.
According to Payman staff, the rumor trail points to the Afghan president as the main driver behind the threats that ultimately led to its closure.
The shutdown came after Payman mistakenly published a "blasphemous" article called "Prediction of the Third World War" - the story of Bulgarian visionary Baba Vanga, her dramatic life and her dystopian vision of a nuclear war.
The cause of the problems for the Afghan newspaper was a blasphemous paragraph introducing the article. It said world religions have no evidence to prove their vision of the afterlife, leaving the question of humanity's origins and the hereafter an unsolved mystery.
Immediately after publication, Payman said the article's content was unacceptable and apologized for its mistake - but to no avail.
According to the paper, a rumor is making the rounds, pointing the finger of blame at President Karzai. Allegedly the President had had enough of Payman's constant criticism of his administration and in the mistaken publication of the article, he saw a convenient opportunity to silence it for good.
The UK Guardian reported that the likeable Baba Vanga believed that in 2111 mankind would become robots. And yet it was the mistaken publication of Baba Vanga's story that led to the closure of Afghanistan's most intellectually open-minded and unbiased newspaper. According to the newspaper in this incidental clash of Afghan rationalism versus Bulgarian super naturalism, Afghans are very much the losers.
According to Payman staff, the rumor trail points to the Afghan president as the main driver behind the threats that ultimately led to its closure.
The shutdown came after Payman mistakenly published a "blasphemous" article called "Prediction of the Third World War" - the story of Bulgarian visionary Baba Vanga, her dramatic life and her dystopian vision of a nuclear war.
The cause of the problems for the Afghan newspaper was a blasphemous paragraph introducing the article. It said world religions have no evidence to prove their vision of the afterlife, leaving the question of humanity's origins and the hereafter an unsolved mystery.
Immediately after publication, Payman said the article's content was unacceptable and apologized for its mistake - but to no avail.
According to the paper, a rumor is making the rounds, pointing the finger of blame at President Karzai. Allegedly the President had had enough of Payman's constant criticism of his administration and in the mistaken publication of the article, he saw a convenient opportunity to silence it for good.
The UK Guardian reported that the likeable Baba Vanga believed that in 2111 mankind would become robots. And yet it was the mistaken publication of Baba Vanga's story that led to the closure of Afghanistan's most intellectually open-minded and unbiased newspaper. According to the newspaper in this incidental clash of Afghan rationalism versus Bulgarian super naturalism, Afghans are very much the losers.
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