Thursday, August 23, 2007

Indonesian maid held in Saudi after "magic" attack

Here is another example of the barbarism of Saudi Arabia. If not for their vast oil reserves, they would still be nomadic camel herders slitting each others throats over a water hole. Don't forget that the Saudis also have a 19 year old girl, Rizana Nafeek under death sentence for the accidental death to a infant, see previous posts.
FROM REUTERS:
Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:05PM BST
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Indonesian maid held in Saudi after "magic" attack
Saudi police have detained an Indonesian maid after two of her colleagues were killed on suspicion they were involved in black magic, an Indonesian diplomat and newspapers said on Wednesday.
Four maids were attacked this month by seven members of a Saudi household in Aflaj, a desert village south of Riyadh, and two of them died. Saudi papers have said seven Saudis were detained over the incident.
One of the survivors, Tari Tarsim, 27, was taken into custody by police on Monday, an Indonesian diplomat told Reuters.
"The family suspected them of practising magic -- "sihr" -- on one of their children who got ill. They suspected one of the four ladies was doing magic," the diplomat said.
"We have information that on Monday one of the surviving maids was transferred to police custody. We don't know why she was transferred."
The Saudi authorities did not inform the embassy of the deaths or that one of the women, all Muslims, was detained, he said. The Indonesian embassy has appointed a lawyer to represent the surviving women if they face legal procedures.
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