In the Qur’an, the jinn are spirit beings, created from smokeless fire; some obey Allah and some do not. In The Caliph’s House, the Afghan-English writer Tahir Shah’s marvelous account of his adventures moving his family to Morocco and buying and refurbishing a home in Casablanca, Shah is repeatedly amazed by the belief of the […]
Uganda: Muslim murders Christian pastor for saying Christ conquered the Islamic jinn
In the Qur’an, the jinn are spirit beings who are mostly evil, but some are Muslims. They frequently interfere, generally in negative ways, with human affairs. But in a notable example of interfaith dialogue, Pastor Micah Byamukama’s assertion that Jesus Christ had power over these beings cost him his life at the hands of Islamic […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: News From the Magic Kingdom
From Saudi Arabia comes the news that the mutaween, the feared religious police under the control of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, who patrol the streets and regulate the daily life of the populace, are now being given five-day courses in how to recognize, and then how to […]