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2007-11-29 Arabia

Vice cops unearth magical objects hidden in graves

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#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|| 2007-11-29 00:39|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-11-29 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3 So go do that voodoo that you do so well. Here's a shovel.

Posted by Mike 2007-11-29 07:15|| 2007-11-29 07:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-11-29 09:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-11-29 10:17|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2007-11-29 14:00|| Front Page Top

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