Witchcraft Sorcery facts
While investigating facts about Witchcraft Sorcery, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man for 'witchcraft and sorcery' in 2012
In Saudi Arabia there is a "religious police" created to enforce Sharia law. In 2009, the they created and formalized a special "Anti-Witchcraft Unit" to "educate the public about the evils of sorcery".
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 10 of the best facts about Witchcraft Sorcery I managed to collect.
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Sorcery is illegal in Saudi Arabia. They even have an official "Anti-Witchcraft Unit" tasked with apprehending sorcerers and reversing the detrimental effects of their spells
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Iceland has a sorcery and witchcraft museum
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Foreigners should not practice "magic tricks" in the Congo as spirits, magic, and sorcery are all taken very seriously by locals who believe in animism and witchcraft. Many street kids in Congo become homeless because their families thought they were sorcerers
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In Saudi Arabia you can still be executed for witchcraft or sorcery
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The government of Saudi Arabia (one of our allies) has an Anti-Witchcraft unit, to hunt out and investigate sorcery and that the government executes "witches."
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Amongst other crimes, Soudi Arabian courts can sentence people to death for Sorcery, Witchcraft and waging war on God
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Saudi Arabia regularly executes people for practicing witchcraft and sorcery.
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Saudia Arabia still executes people (beheading) for "witchcraft and sorcery" - three in the last five years.
