Posts Tagged ‘Sufi lore’

Pakistani woman had nail hammered into head to ‘guarantee’ baby boy

Monday, February 14th, 2022

A pregnant Pakistani woman had a nail hammered into her head by a faith healer who said it would guarantee she gave birth to a boy, a doctor said Wednesday. Exploitative faith healers, whose practices are rooted in mystic Sufi lore, are common across Muslim-majority Pakistan despite the disapproval of some schools of Islam. In Read more