Saudi Witch-hunts

Ryan Jacobs, Atlantic: In a country where public observance of any religion besides Islam is strictly forbidden, foreign domestic workers who bring unfamiliar traditional religious or folk customs from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Africa, or elsewhere can make especially vulnerable and easy targets. "If they see these [folk practices or items] they immediately assume they're some kind of sorcery or witchcraft," he said.[...] By 2011, the [police witchcraft division in Riyadh] had created a total of nine witchcraft-fighting bureaus in cities...
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