Fake exorcist held for molesting trusting women

Saudi Arabia’s religious police arrested an Egyptian man claiming to have exorcism and spiritual healing powers for molesting many women by telling them he can rid their bodies of the devil through their sexual organs.

In court, he blamed the devil for his acts.

Wearing a religious gown and turban, the bearded man had used his house in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah to meet scores of women under the illusion that their bodies could be haunted by jinn (ghosts) and they could be the cause of their physical and psychological problems.

The man confessed in court that he was putting his hands on “sensitive parts” of his clients, claiming he would kick the jinn out through those parts.

“Some women responded to my touches but others rebuked me. I told those who got angry that I just wanted to expel the jinn out of their bodies. Most of them believed me,” the man told court, according to Sabq newspaper.

“When the judge asked him why he had done so, the man simply relied ‘the devil seduced me’. The judge refused the defence pleas to let the man out on bail after he confessed to have molested and had sex with scores of women.”

Newspapers said the unnamed man would also be tried for illegally practicing Roqayya, which involves healing by reading Koranic verses.

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