Island Voodoo Therapy: Witchcraft in Bahrain………..
"By the prickling of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
“Alarm as report suggests many Bahrainis are turning to witch doctors. A study released this week found that a high percentage of Bahrainis believe that magic plays a role in causing illnesses and that sometimes dangerous traditional remedies are still widely used. The findings by the independent Bahrain Center for Studies and Research (BCSR) sparked concern that they reflect a larger social problem – a widespread belief in witchcraft exposes Bahrainis to fraud and exploitation. According to the study – which involved 259 men and women aged between 20 and 50 – 75 per cent of the respondents said they believed witchcraft and envy were the cause of illnesses. The percentage was higher among women, with 81 per cent of them holding such beliefs, against only 65 per cent of the men surveyed……. Sheikh Salah al Joder, a religious scholar and Muharraq Municipal Council member, said the study’s findings were alarming. “We have to differentiate between alternative medicine and witchcraft. The latter is prohibited by Islam and its consequences will be grave for those who practice it or use it,” Sheikh al Joder said……….”
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