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Prayer missing 'spells' trouble for Saudi man
[Arab News] Some outsiders may not be aware that in smaller towns in Soddy Arabia the religious police still patrol and detain people for not going to mosque.Outsiders (much less non-Mohammedans) are rarely subjected to this treatment, but when it comes to local villagers the local religious constabulary treats not going to mosque virtually as a misdemeanor, detainable offense. According to a recent report in Shams Arabic daily, a man faced this situation in Darb, Jazan province, when he was jugged for not attending prayer at a local mosque. His defense? Somebody had cast a spell on him that caused him to forget how to pray. He even produced a sheet of paper with some scribbles on it that he claimed had been left at his doorstep by some unknown practitioner of the black arts. The local Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice took the man to a "white magician" (an Islamic scholar who specializes in de-spelling spells) and, lo and behold, the man said he could now remember his prayers and, you guessed it, headed to the mosque to thank God for his cure. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-03 |
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