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Maid held in Saudi for sorcery

Saudi Arabia’s feared religious police arrested an Indonesian housemaid on charges of casting a magic spell on a family of 18 members.

Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice seized the maid after she was reported by her employers in the central town of Al Rass.

A search of the house resulted in finding beads, threads, needles, amulets and other magic items hidden by the unnamed maid in various parts of the employer’s house.

“The maid was accused of casting a magic spell on the 18 members of the Saudi family… she confessed to having practiced sorcery on the family,” Sabq daily said, quoting Commission spokesman Abdullah Al Mansoor.

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That 1700 year old Roman tablet I linked to earlier doesn’t seem so ancient and out of date anymore, eh?