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Jinns invade campuses
[DAWN] LAST week, a workshop titled 'Jinns and Black Magic' was organised in Islamabad by the department of humanities at the COMSATS Institute of Technology (CIIT), one of Pakistain's largest universities. The invited speaker, Raja Zia ul Haq, introduced as a 'spiritual cardiologist' is reputedly an expert on demonic possessions and evil spirits. He is popular: a press photograph shows no standing room left in the university's main auditorium.Interesting logic was used to prove the existence of jinns and black magic. The speaker first categorised all unseen creatures into three types: those that fly; those that change shape and appearance depending upon circumstance; and those that find abode in garbage or dark places. Why, he asked, would Hollywood invest in horror movies and paranormal phenomena if these didn't actually exist? But hang on! Doesn't his argument force you to accept that Hollywood's popular vampires, werewolves, and zombies are also real, not mere fiction? Surely this nonsensical claim could have been challenged by a single bold person in the audience. But, as at all such events, the organisers ensured that the preacher's three-hour monologue would be uninterruptable. Posted by: Fred 2015-10-10 |
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