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| India-Pakistan |
| Jinns invade campuses |
| 2015-10-10 |
| [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 |
| #5 The all-pervasive anti-reason, anti-science attitude on our campuses might seem difficult to understand. Not at all. What need is there to measure when you are given belief? When I was on campus as a student, I often saw things that weren't there. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-10-10 23:30 |
| #4 No pee-pee shrinkage, unless your wallet is uncircumcised... There's a joke that I can recall, but this is supposed to be a family site. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-10-10 13:58 |
| #3 Yawn. We have had black magic here in America for a long time. We are used to it. Snake oil salesmen, "financial advisors," politicians, the chamber of commerce, and on and on. Not a big deal. No pee-pee shrinkage, unless your wallet is uncircumcised... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2015-10-10 13:01 |
| #2 Start a rumor that Raja Zia ul Haq is a Jinn and therefore must be destroyed. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-10 09:43 |
| #1 ....And these people have nuclear weapons. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-10-10 08:22 |