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Khaleej Times Online >> News >> THE U.A.E
Maid caught before black magic could ‘control’ employer
By Sadiq A. Salam 3 October 2006
RAS AL KHAIMAH — A UAE national says he has managed to save his home from the spell of black magic in the nick of time. His Asian housemaid allegedly tried to place a totem in his house so that she could ‘control’ her employers.
A few days ago, the maid gave her sponsor a letter, written in her mother tongue, to be sent to her family in her home country. Before dropping it at the post office, the man had a doubt and requested a person to translate the letter into Arabic.
"The person told me that in the letter, the maid asked a family member to send her a new totem because the earlier one had been ineffective," said the UAE national on condition of anonymity.
The domestic help allegedly told her family that she planned to mix the totem with food or dinks in order to control the man or his wife.
The employer reported the case to the authorities and they ordered that the woman be deported.
"I have disclaimed all my legal rights and cancelled her labour contract," he added.
This case is apparently not one-off. The law enforcement authorities here have been receiving complaints from several families claiming that their housemaids are placing totems in different parts of their houses and adding strange items that are believed to have magic powers to the food items and drinks served to them.
The totems, it is said, are mostly in the form of stones, animal bones, dried leaves and branches or even strange drawings and writings on papers hidden in various corners."They reported to us that they found some talismans carefully concealed in various parts of their houses or added to foodstuff and drinks," a senior official of the RAK Police Department told Khaleej Times.
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Khaleej Times Online >> News >> THE U.A.E
Maid caught before black magic could ‘control’ employer
By Sadiq A. Salam 3 October 2006
RAS AL KHAIMAH — A UAE national says he has managed to save his home from the spell of black magic in the nick of time. His Asian housemaid allegedly tried to place a totem in his house so that she could ‘control’ her employers.
A few days ago, the maid gave her sponsor a letter, written in her mother tongue, to be sent to her family in her home country. Before dropping it at the post office, the man had a doubt and requested a person to translate the letter into Arabic.
"The person told me that in the letter, the maid asked a family member to send her a new totem because the earlier one had been ineffective," said the UAE national on condition of anonymity.
The domestic help allegedly told her family that she planned to mix the totem with food or dinks in order to control the man or his wife.
The employer reported the case to the authorities and they ordered that the woman be deported.
"I have disclaimed all my legal rights and cancelled her labour contract," he added.
This case is apparently not one-off. The law enforcement authorities here have been receiving complaints from several families claiming that their housemaids are placing totems in different parts of their houses and adding strange items that are believed to have magic powers to the food items and drinks served to them.
The totems, it is said, are mostly in the form of stones, animal bones, dried leaves and branches or even strange drawings and writings on papers hidden in various corners."They reported to us that they found some talismans carefully concealed in various parts of their houses or added to foodstuff and drinks," a senior official of the RAK Police Department told Khaleej Times.
posted by Sand Land Dad at 09:34
3 Comments:
"Maid caught before black magic could ‘control’ employer...."
!?! I didn't think stuff like this was considered "news worthy" anywhere in the world. Unusual indeed....they're that strict in the UAE (the woman being deported)?
Every month there is at least one story of this type of thing or related scam. Any anti Islamic action or fraudulent activity is usually followed by deportation.
Damn black magic, it always gets you in trouble... ;-)
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