Saudi maid arrested for bewitching employer - Page 2 - PhillyBlog

#11 (**permalink**) 10-12-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jizay

But they also referred to her as a charlatan, so there is the idea that her magic is fraudulent. Clearly, there is a jealous wife (or wives) involved and this is a way of excusin the husband, a muslim, for his role in whatever happened.

I once an Israeli film which had a woman doing "Jewish Magic" in it and she was casting spells. Then there's the Golem story, so I thought that Muslims might have something close.

markedixon · #12 (**permalink**) 10-12-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SwiftLyons

Ahh the House of Saud, still bringing you the 10th century in the 21st.

Yeah, but sorcery is so Third Century. Merlin and all that. By comparison, the House of Saud is cutting edge.

SwiftLyons · #13 (**permalink**) 10-26-2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by markedixon

Yeah, but sorcery is so Third Century. Merlin and all that. By comparison, the House of Saud is cutting edge.

Yea, cutting edge, like gettin your head chopped off.