{"id":1551,"date":"2010-04-29T09:12:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2010-04-29T09:42:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T15:42:36","slug":"a-new-muslim-witchhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1551","title":{"rendered":"A New Muslim Witchhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following Saudi Arabia’s recent threat to execute Lebanese radio personality Ali Sabat <\/a>for “sorcery,” the progressive government of Bahrain now plans to make sorcery and witchcraft criminal offenses,<\/a> evidently part of a new Arab Muslim attack on the psychic arts.<\/p>\n

People found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft would face unspecified jail terms and undetermined fines or both, the paper reports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article is illustrated with a stock photo of Australian Witch and writer Caroline Tully<\/a>, oddly enough.<\/p>\n

Viewing with alarm, a Saudi professor of Islamic studies claims that Arabs spend $5 billion annually on magic and sorcery<\/a>, so the Islamic witch-hunters have their work cut out for them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Iran, they want to arrest women for having sun tans<\/a>, which “defy Islamic values.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following Saudi Arabia’s recent threat to execute Lebanese radio personality Ali Sabat for “sorcery,” the progressive government of Bahrain now plans to make sorcery and witchcraft criminal offenses, evidently part of a new Arab Muslim attack on the psychic arts. 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