Palestinian teen dies in exorcism - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Asmaa al-Ghoul

Asmaa al-Ghoul

Feb 21, 2014

FOR RELEASE WITH FEATURE BC-PALESTINIAN-EXORCISM - Ziad al-Tatar, a 38-year-old Palestinian exorcist, uses a Koran placed on a man's chest and readings from the Koran piped through earphones and honey to exorcise a demon from a patient. In his spartan clinic, adorned with framed Koranic verses, Tatar admits to a steady stream of patients stricken with ailments ranging from impotence to infiltration by devils known in Arabic as Djinn.

DPS/KM - RTRFVSJ — A Palestinian exorcist uses a Quran placed on a man's chest and readings from the Quran piped through earphones and honey to exorcise a demon from a patient, July 26, 1998. — REUTERS

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