Monday, September 19, 2011

Sudanese man executed by beheading for sorcery in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's government should establish an immediate moratorium on executions in the kingdom, Amnesty International said today after a Sudanese man convicted of "sorcery" was put to death. Abdul Hamid bin Hussain bin Moustafa al-Fakki was beheaded in Madina on Monday. Saudi Arabia has now executed 44 people this year. Eleven were foreign nationals.
Full article: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/saudi-arabia-executes-man-convicted-sorcery-2011-09-20

Monday, December 6, 2010

Two Indonesian maids in Saudi Arabia accused of using witchcraft against their employer to be lashed 700 times!

A Saudi court gave heavy jail sentences to two Indonesian housemaids and ordered them lashed 700 times with a whip on charges of practising witchcraft to extort money from their employers, a local daily reported on Monday.  The two maids, aged 33 and 25 years, had used clothes and other personal items to cast a spell on the man and his family in Riyadh since they started working for him nearly three years ago, 'Alyoum' newspaper said.

Full article: http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/two-maids-jailed-to-be-lashed-for-sorcery-2010-12-06-1.325610

Friday, July 23, 2010

Man possessed by 'evil, female genie' in Saudi Arabia, so his father chained to his bed for six years!

A Saudi man has been chained in a basement apartment for more than six years because his father believes he is possessed by an evil female genie.  'When he has fits he has convulsions and his entire body twists and his eyes become completely white,' said the father of the 29-year-old man who has been identified only as Turki.  'Then the voice of a woman can be heard coming from him.'

Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296856/Saudi-man-chains-son-basement-years-possessed-evil-female-genie.html

Ghost appears twice in different photo's at Edinburgh tour of scary places

Staff at one of Edinburgh’s spookiest tourist attractions have been left mystified after a ghostly figure showed up in the photographs of two separate tourists.  Bosses at Mary King’s Close say the blond haired woman who appeared in images from two different tours was definitely not a customer.  Both photos appear to show one person more than expected and staff believe that on close inspection, the ghostly figure appears to be the same woman.

Full article: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/187997-mystery-as-ghost-appears-in-two-photos-from-edinburgh-tours/