Three arrested for sorcery in Qatar

hopscotch
By hopscotch

I would actually like more details on this story. Like what were the sorcerers doing and what does it mean "preying mainly on women" - like women were their customers or people they were doing sorcery on?

Also, how do you catch someone doing sorcery?

Clearly I find this story original and interesting.

Here's the article in the Gulf Times:

http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=339624&ver...

By svelte_saggi• 31 Jan 2010 09:21
svelte_saggi

those things look like they've been taken out of the suitcase of a guy going to his hometown....the usual stuff...a mobile fone for his bro,a couple of shiny clothes for his mom,some hair accessories for his sister,a doll for his sister's daughter.....geez!how do we know what's been cast a spell over????

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor

By anonymous• 31 Jan 2010 08:01
anonymous

@ mintus LOL!!!..."he" just might come back eh?!...

By mintus• 31 Jan 2010 07:46
mintus

Some freaky Harry Potter Vibe going on here. I saw 4 guys on broomsticks outside of Landmark,I am scared now is he cannot be named coming back to Qatar?

By talhamg• 30 Jan 2010 10:54
talhamg

the government is just try to keep these fraud away from peope.

By talhamg• 30 Jan 2010 10:52
talhamg

I does not meaning that you have the power to do so, but I it is mainly people how are trying to fool poeple of such thing, it is more like a fraud...

By corcaoich• 29 Jan 2010 20:41
Rating: 2/5
corcaoich

from articles in the press I find that credulous people are everywhere! Someone repeats some long standing truisms like are you unhappy, you are waiting for a turning point in your life (who is'nt?) What amazes me is that in an Islamic Country such things are believed. Islam preaches that such things are Haram, not to be believed yet why are there so many people waiting to be fooled!

By ummjake• 28 Jan 2010 08:29
Rating: 4/5
ummjake

It's typical in many cultures to take a lock of a baby's hair and preserve it. Would that be sorcery? Apparently astrology is frowned upon, but you can find horoscopes published in the newspapers here.

If Islam views people who practice it as "kufr" then what is the harm? Clearly the sorcerors are non-believers and their "victims" (assuming they are Muslimas) should be safe because their God is all-powerful.

Stories like this don't do much for Qatar's image as a modern, advanced country.

"I wish I could drink like a lady. I can take one or two at the most. Three and I'm under the table. Four and I'm under the host"

-- Dorothy Parker

By Rizks• 28 Jan 2010 07:31
Rating: 3/5
Rizks

wat do u mean by Sorcery ?

i only know Soccer....:(

By mjamille28• 28 Jan 2010 07:23
Rating: 4/5
mjamille28

hmm, no voodoo dolls or magic wands, etc... :P

By heero_yuy2• 28 Jan 2010 06:58
heero_yuy2

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

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