Comments on: Naked African Sorceress Arrested in Saudi Arabia

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:28:18 +0000

Naked Sorceress Falls From the Sky...

The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were the barbarians that let an entire building full of women burn to death, not allowing them to escape the fire, and they are embarrasses about busting into an apartment containing a .....

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 31 May 2006 14:09:43 +0000

Thanks for the pointer on the Sufis in Arabia, John. I had assumed they were considered heretics by the Saudi regime.

By: wom

wom — Wed, 31 May 2006 13:42:35 +0000

This is kind of funny. I've never heard of stuff like this in my life going on in Saudi. I think under Al-Sharee'a, sorcery and witchcraft are capital offenses.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 31 May 2006 03:03:33 +0000

That story was too weird for me to blog! But the woman won't be executed; she'll be deported. "Sorcery", in the Saudi context, has tended to mean "Sufi", though it also includes a wide array of African and Arabic pagan witchcraft. The Saudis are now making nice with the Sufis. (See Saudis Make Peace with Sufism for details.) But I confess that I do like Anderson's creativity!

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 31 May 2006 01:22:14 +0000

I was thinking along Moe's lines, plus that a good way to react when your wife/wives walk in on you with your African prostitute is to cry out, "Where did SHE come from??? Help! It's a sorceress!" I mean, what are they going to do? Deny the existence of sorceresses? Isn't that a capital offense in itself?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 30 May 2006 22:41:19 +0000

You've got a point, Moe.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Tue, 30 May 2006 21:21:03 +0000

This would be a great deal more amusing if it weren't for the fact that the woman's probably going to be executed.

By: The Jawa Report

The Jawa Report — Tue, 30 May 2006 21:12:43 +0000

Naked Witch Arrested in Saudi Arabia... If it wasn't so sad that Saudi Arabia actually has religious police going around arresting people on suspicion of "witchcraft" it would be funny. Wait. It's still funny. Via John, always on the lookout for all things 'naked' and 'sorceress',......

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By: » Gone Hollywood

» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

m not sure of the technical distinction between a sorceress and a witch, let alone whether they would survive translation. Nonetheless, there seems to be a consensus that the woman was naked. No photos are available.OTB See more Gossip, Events