An African woman was arrested in Makkah on Sunday on charges of claiming “magic abilities to manipulate people's emotions”. Abdulmohsen Al-Maiman, the spokesman for Makkah Police, said that a Criminal Investigation Unit set up a trap by using a woman posing as a client who wished to “have her husband wrapped around little finger”. The arrested woman reportedly enjoyed a widespread reputation and male and female clientele in the area due to her powers to break up marriages, and officers found in her possession items including strings of beads, spells, powders and fragrances “used in devilish works”. Sources added that the sorceress spent half of her income in “placating the jinn” by offering sacrifices, and the rest on purchasing the tools of her trade and her daughter's expenses. “The sorceress has been handed over to Al-Mansour Police Station ahead of being transferred to the relevant authority,” Al
