Islamic Foundation alleges black magic performed in Haa Alifu Atoll to foretell election results
08 Feb 2011, 4:54 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Islamic Foundation of the Maldives has alleged that people on the island of Baarah in Haa Alifu Atoll practiced “black magic” to foretell the results of Local Council Elections held last week.
”A group of clairvoyants or soothsayers are said to have summoned the jinn to predict local council election results in their constituency,” said the IFM in a press statement.
”The black arts practitioners did so by constantly beating a possessed person with a traditional eakle broom while reciting a magic spell, and questioning the evil spirit believed to be speaking through the haunted person.”
The religious NGO referred to sources in the island and said the incident took place two days prior to the Local Council Elections.
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