They publish advertisements displaying "supernatural abilities"... under the guise of "spiritual therapy"

Impostors on the "Social Media" lure their victims with myths

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"Emirates Today" has monitored advertisements on social media, whose publishers claim that they can treat difficult issues, trying to take advantage of the spread of "Social Media" channels in promoting charlatanism and myths, which the police forces in the country warned of, and confirmed its criminalization in accordance with the Federal Penal Code. .

A person who called himself a “spiritual advisor” offered his followers exceptional services, such as helping them control the lover, or husband, and control him and his actions.

Others claimed that they had the ability to break and nullify witchcraft, dissolve the marriage contract of the late, ensure the consent of the parents to the partner, treat sexual diseases, restore the divorced woman, and others.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Haddad, Director of the Ifta Department at the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai, commented on these advertisements, saying that whoever announced himself and called people to him and described to them magic and witchcraft and who sought it is undoubtedly a spoiler and an unreformer, calling to inform the competent authority. about him.

Psychologists and sociologists have confirmed that these people take advantage of people with psychological problems, and that "spiritual therapy" is a charlatan.

In detail, "Emirates Today" monitored advertisements on social networking sites for personalities claiming to use the so-called "spiritual treatment", such as bringing the lover, returning the divorced woman, treating obsessive-compulsive disorder, spinster marriage, disrupting marriage matters, and so on.

An advertisement claimed that Abu Ra'ad, who called himself a "spiritual advisor", could help you "control the one you love, control him, and make him a ring on your finger."

Another announcement included a list of services that his publisher claimed to have the ability to provide, such as “curing spiritual and psychological illnesses,” “doing all spiritual services,” “interpreting incomplete dreams,” and “working to bring, accept, love, obey, bond between spouses and love mother-in-law.” And “opening a share for a girl whose marriage is late,” and “parental approval of the partner.”

A third announcement said that Bousalem specializes in treating “intractable cases,” such as “sterility in both sexes,” “serving spiritual servants,” “disbursing and gathering servants,” “linking the tongue of the oppressor,” and many other issues.

A fourth advertisement went on to offer his services, which included the treatment of touch, magic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, disruption of marriage matters and treatment of sexual diseases.

On the other hand, the Director of the Ifta’ Department at the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai, Dr. Ahmed Al-Haddad, confirmed that “Such propaganda advertisements give rise to doubt about the sincerity of the plaintiff, and suggest that he is extortionate and not upscale, because the origin of the upscale is that he is pious and righteous and does not claim for himself, If someone who thinks well of him comes to him, he should strive to do so with the legal ruqyah from the Book of God, the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the well-known supplications, and that it does not guarantee healing. The jurisdiction is not for people to be drawn to it and fall victim to its blackmail.”

Al-Haddad added: “Although we do not deny the influence of witchcraft and harmful actions by those with evil souls, this is possible and proven. And the supplication of the compelled is accepted without any doubt.”

For his part, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ajman University, Dr. Ahmed Al-Zoubi, said that the correct spiritual or religious treatment is one of the non-independent treatment methods that modern psychology resort to, and complements the independent psychological treatment methods such as psychiatric treatment and behavioral treatments based on psychological theories. Such as client-centered therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and others, but spiritual therapy, such as yoga, for example, should follow sound scientific foundations so that the goal is to bring the patient to a stage of psychological stability that distances him from wrong thoughts and tensions that make him a person without will.

He added: “A distinction should be made between religious treatment or guidance and the so-called spiritual treatment based on sorcery and the wrong ideas that some promote in the name of religion, so the victim resorts to accepting them.

While charlatans or charlatans resort to exploiting people's motives and needs to obtain illegitimate personal gains and material profit.

He explained that "the factors that made this phenomenon pervasive in our societies are personal factors, especially the victims, who were exploited by charlatans and benefited from the soft technology."

He explained that "the victims' special factors include weakness of faith and will. They believe that the supernatural things that these impostors do are true, in addition to the false beliefs of the means that meet their needs and achieve their motives that were not achieved by traditional methods;

They resort to other ways to get rid of a chronic physical or mental illness, for example, or to untie the girl who did not find a groom, or other things.

As for the factors associated with charlatans, they are reduced to material gain, in addition to achieving personal gains.”

He warned that "the Antichrist uses methods to delude people that he knows the unseen, and that he possesses magic keys to any problem."

Al-Zoubi added, "Cyberspace is available to everyone, and anyone can broadcast his allegations from anywhere in the world."

He believed that “one of the most important means of addressing this phenomenon is to enhance self-confidence and develop critical thinking skills among individuals, so that they do not accept ideas related to sorcery until after scrutiny and subjecting them to the rules of logic. To be rooted in society, to become a part of its culture.”

He also called for focusing on the seriousness of the allegations of charlatans and their distance from religion.

He stressed the need to combat the phenomenon through legislation and laws at the state level.

Professor of Applied Sociology at the University of Sharjah, Dr. Ahmed Al-Amoush, defined “spiritual therapy” as exploitation of the simple, noting that the antichrist “hunts people who suffer from psychological problems, by convincing them of the usefulness of witchcraft treatment.”

He said that "charlatans take advantage of the financial weakness of these people, and when the victims realize this... they are satisfied with silence, and do not report for fear of being exposed to scandal."

Al-Amoush explained that “this case falls under the (crimes) item, and unfortunately, the victims of fraudsters and charlatans are afraid to report them,” noting that “the most affected are those who suffer from family problems and physiological disorders, and do not find medical treatment, as they resort to these people as the last solution.”

Al-Amoush called for organizing awareness campaigns, and tracking down charlatans, arresting them and exposing them, so that other victims would not be led behind.

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MA said that she was deceived by an imposter after she resorted to him to help her solve a family problem.

She said, "I tried to contact a person after he published an advertisement in which he affirmed his ability to solve intractable problems, especially those related to husbands."

She added, "After my contact with him, he asked me for 5,000 dirhams, and to purchase certain supplies and materials.

The next step was to help me write down certain phrases on paper to make a headscarf.

However, even though I did exactly what he asked of me, nothing happened or changed.

Heavy penalties

The Public Prosecution Office of the State presented, through a film material that it published on its accounts on social media, the penalty for committing acts of witchcraft and sorcery.

And she stated that: "Whoever commits an act of magic or sorcery, whether it is real or deception, with or without payment, shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine of no less than 50 thousand dirhams."

And she continued: «It is considered an act of magic to say or act that is contrary to Islamic law, if it is intended to affect the body, heart, mind or will of another, directly or indirectly, real or imagined.

It is also considered sorcery: camouflaging people's eyes, or controlling their senses or their hearts by any means to make them see something contrary to the truth, with the intention of exploiting them or affecting their beliefs or minds, and claiming knowledge of the unseen or knowing secrets or telling what is in the conscience by any means. with the intent of exploiting people.

The court shall order the deportation of the foreign convict from the state, and the confiscation of the seized items.

police efforts

The police authorities have made efforts during the last period to confront the promoters of witchcraft and sorcery.

The Ajman police were recently able to arrest two Arabs on charges of fraud with witchcraft and sorcery, while they were in a hotel in the emirate.

In another incident, the Dubai Police's economic crime-fighting teams were able to arrest an Arab sorcerer, who deluded his victims of his ability to bring the beloved.

Abu Dhabi Police also arrested a European witch, who practices magic and sorcery, deluding his clients of his ability to address their psychological and family problems, and relieve them of the burdens and pressures of daily life.

Sharjah Police also recently arrested an Asian person, accused of practicing "witchcraft, charlatanism and sorcery."

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