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December 2011  The Mysterious World section of this site was
primarily set up to compare strange experiences and stories from
Britain with those in other countries and try to highlight
differances between how they are perceieved and reported by
other cultures. I did not want to find anything happening today
that could be compared to Europes witch hunts, trails and
executions, therefore I was horrified to read the following
article entitled ' Saudi Arabia execution of 'sorcery' woman
condemned' which appeared in the Telegraph on Tuesday 13
December 2011.  'Saudi authorities have been condemned by
Amnesty International for executing a woman convicted of
practicing magic and sorcery.  Amnesty International confirmed
that Saudi national Amina bin Salem Nasser was executed on
Monday in the northern province of al-Jawf on charges of
"witchcraft and sorcery".  The London-based human rights
watchdog condemned Monday's execution as "truly appalling," and
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