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| Vice cops unearth magical objects hidden in graves |
| 2007-11-29 |
| The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice discovered 23 black magic works buried in two graves in Al-Aqeefa district of Yanbu. A citizen had alerted the commission on the location of the black magic tokens and they were successfully pulled out of the graves. Ibrahim Al-Jabbari, the local director of the commission, said the removed items had been placed around the heads and legs of the corpses. Among the items were knives and pieces of paper where magical spells were written. Al-Jabbari said in all the commission found more than 23 black magic works hidden inside deserted graves. The spells were written on knives and papers wrapped inside knots, next to the dead bodies. A sorcerer who had repented told the commission’s members about 11 magical works hidden inside graves. Also, a citizen passing by the graves found another eight magical works by coincidence. “I immediately reported to the commission after I found the magic works while walking between graves,” said a citizen who wished to remain anonymous. Authorities mobilized their security personnel to guard local cemeteries from further acts of dark magic. Saad Al-Subhi, a cemetery worker, said, “We have intensive security all over the cemetery and if anyone tried to sneak into the cemetery he will get caught.” We also have 36 workers and guards here.” |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #6 I'm thinking black magic objects like a mysterious black stone encased in an enormous monolith fetishized by superstitious cultists from around the world who engage in bizarre perambulations in an atavistic rite of moon worship? I think the Saudi authorities should investigate. Who knows what sort of strange pseudo-religious fanatacisms they may uncover. |
| Posted by: Baba Tutu 2007-11-29 14:00 |
| #5 anonymous5089: Exactly. Puritanism makes for witch hunts but it also makes for witches. This sort of peasant rebellion is one of the only ways people can defy the authorities. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-11-29 10:17 |
| #4 I'm pretty sure that despite, or rather because, of that devotion (or supposed devotion) to islam, there's a strong belief in magic, sorcerers, fortune-tellers,... in the aptly-named magic kingdom, and I don't mean in the unudecated low-classes. You're dealing with a culture armpit-deep in magical thinking and beliefs-based worldview. I remember reading here, I think that was .com, but I'm not sure, in any case, it was an expat, talking about how the princes and royals and all were persuaded osama and co had bad juju and could affect them through wizardy or similar ways. I even remember reading here either in a comment, but possibly in a short article, about how the soody had "imported" black african marabouts (muslim wizards) to help them cover their rears. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-11-29 09:40 |
| #3 So go do that voodoo that you do so well. Here's a shovel. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-11-29 07:15 |
| #2 That's nothing. There is a whole book of black... stuff in that region. It is everywhere. Whatsit name... K'uran. |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2007-11-29 01:00 |
| #1 So all the vice and virtue guys could be tied up guarding cemeteries forever if we just put enough voodoo priests on the job. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-29 00:39 |