Moroccan Woman Killed During Session of ExorcismMorocco World News

This is what happens when antiquated, supernatural religious customs, control a country:

The mentally ill woman in her forties, who is a mother of eight, decided to seek the aid of a fqih in her town.

Sadly, the poor woman could not withstand the continuous sessions of torture by the exorcist – believed to expel jinns (demons) from the allegedly possessed woman.

To cast out the evil spirit from her body, the Fqih loudly recited incantations and passages from the Koran, the holy book of Islam. With the help of four of his assistants, the Fqih hit her with a stick all over her body in order to “force the evil spirit” to leave her.

Regretfully this is not the first time this year.  From February we have this:

The tragedy started when the newly married girl went into a fit of hysteria, and her family decided to seek the help of a Fqih.

Instead of taking her to the hospital, the family, who believed that their daughter was possessed by the devil, called on the Fqih, someone believed to have magical and spiritual power to cast out devils, to see their daughter and treat her.

To cast out the evil spirit from her body, the Fqih loudly recited passages from the Koran, the holy book of Muslims.

According to Al Ahdat Al Maghribya, “the Fqih sat on the chest of the ‘possessed’ bride and made his assistant sit on her lap,” in order to calm her movement and “force the evil spirit” to leave her body.

The same source added that the Fqih hit her all over her body, shouting at the “evil spirit”, “Get out Satan’s son; will not you get out?”

Moroccan Woman Killed During Session of ExorcismMorocco World News