From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 17th, 2008 02:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)
King Herod and murder of male children

It is funny. In Hinduism, an evil king 'Kamsa' fearful of a prophecy that the male child of his sister will kill him, orders the death of every male baby in his kingdom as his siter's child escapes him !! Guess all religions have a common mythical source.