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WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC ON THE INCREASE IN KUWAIT
BY HANAN AL-QAYSI
KUWAIT, JULY 8 (KUNA) -- THE PHENOMENA OF WITCHES AND MAGICIANS ARE IN
CONTINUOS INCREASE IN KUWAIT, AS THEY PRESENT THEIR LATEST CRAFT TO THEIR
CUSTOMERS, AND INTERFERE IN THEIR LIVES, A MATTER THAT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTIONS TO COMBAT THIS PHENOMENA.
THE KUWAITI SOCIETY IS MADE UP OF HIGHLY EDUCATED FIGURES WITH A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF FEMALES.
A LARGE SECTOR OF THE FEMALE SOCIETY IN KUWAIT BELIEVE IN WITCHCRAFT AND
MAGIC, IN ADDITION TO FOLLOWING ANY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN OUT BY THE SORCERS OR
SORCERESSES, THAT EFFECTS THEIR FUTURE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SELF-TAUGHT WITCHES AND MAGICIANS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IGNORANT CUSTOMERS.
THE CUSTOMERS LACK OF RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT AIDS IN LURING THEM.
RELIGON FORBIDS ACTS OF WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC WHICH CLAIMS CAN SOLVE PERSONAL
PROBLEMS, BY CALLING FOR SPIRITS WITH NAMES.
SOME MALES WHO CLAIM THEY CAN SOLVE PERSONAL PROBLEMS USING MAGIC RESORT TO
HYPNOTIZING WOMEN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM TO FEEL THEIR BODIES.
MANY FAMILIES HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP AND DESTOYED DUE TO THE INTERFERENCE OF
WITCHCRAFT IN MANY LIVES, RESULTING IN THE SUFFERING OF WOMEN WHO ARE THE
VICTIMS OF SOCIAL CRISIS, IN ADDITION TO THE ABSENCE OF FAMILY STABILITY,
EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS.
SECURITY BODIES IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AFFAIRS, HAVE BEEN LATELY
FIGHTING WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICIANS, WHO HAVE BEEN PROVED TO BE FROM VARIOUS
ARAB NATIONALITIES.
SECURITY SOURCES SAID THAT THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WITCHCRAFT HAS LED TO THE
ARREST OF MORE THAN 20 DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS.(MORE)
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