http://www.metafilter.com/tags/djinns Posts tagged with 'djinns' at MetaFilter. Sat, 07 May 2011 00:45:12 -0800 Sat, 07 May 2011 00:45:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/103259/I%2DScheme%2Dwith%2DGenie <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/05/ahmadinejad-allies-charged-with-sorcery">Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery.</a> Several people said to be close to the president and his chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been arrested in recent days and charged with being "magicians" and invoking djinns (spirits). Increasingly, there is a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13312907">rift</a> between the President and his <a href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/05/06/iran-ahmadinejad-on-the-ropes-in-clash-with-his-supreme-leader/">Supreme Leader</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.103259 Sat, 07 May 2011 00:45:12 -0800 Ahmadinejad AyatollahKhamenei djinns EsfandiarRahimMashaei Iran Islam Khamenei magic MahmoudAhmadinejad politics religion Shia sorcery theocracy wizardry East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94