r/nottheonion • u/Submestran • 2d ago

Maldives minister arrested for performing ‘black magic’ on President Muizzu: Report

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/maldives-minister-arrested-for-performing-black-magic-on-president-muizzu-report-101719532900727.html
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u/rnilf 2d ago

When I was introduced to the Internet several decades ago, I was excited. I thought that easy access to limitless amounts of information would mean that people wouldn't be stupid enough to believe in things like "black magic".

Every day, I'm proven more and more wrong.

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u/beaverattacks 2d ago

Yeah I think the only hope this reality has is time travel to unfuck everything. Either that or a global reset via God level disaster.

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u/Freethecrafts 2d ago

Have you considered that people don’t believe it, that the main advocates are using superstition to validate doing something unconscionable?

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u/ForceOfAHorse 1d ago

The only people who believe in this are uneducated idiots.

This is clearly a political move to throw in prison somebody who didn't agree with a dictator. Everybody knows it's a hoax, but what you gonna do? Protest and get killed?

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u/KaiYoDei 1d ago

You saw the “ science must fall” video right?

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u/United_Sheepherder23 17h ago

It’s absolutely real have you ever even researched it?

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u/Mend1cant 2d ago

I’m reminded of a middle school debate assignment in which I was apparently the one so completely wrong about the internet. I got to be the lone voice who pointed out the stupidity floating around on it. But you get a bunch of nerdy 14 year olds on the concept of “the exchange of ideas and culture” and they won’t budge. Well over a decade later and I’m vindicated.

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u/roguenarok 1d ago edited 1d ago

The fact that the quran & the hadith mentioned that their prophet Muhammad believes that "black magic" could harm people makes most muslims defaulted to "our prophet said it's real so yup black magic is real" mindset since Muslims treat their 1200+ year old dead prophet's words as the truth.

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u/ELB2001 2d ago

People want to be taken seriously yet say/do dumb crap like this. Same with those believing in flat earth etc

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 2d ago

The Maldives is a religious state that mandates adherence to Islam. Its literally illegal to wear a bikini except for on a handful of specific beach locations (and only for tourists).

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u/brickyardjimmy 2d ago

Idiocracy is spreading far and wide.

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u/godisanelectricolive 2d ago

This isn’t a new thing for that part of the world though. Belief in witchcraft and black magic just never died out in a lot of places.

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u/beard__hunter 2d ago

Burn the witch.

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u/onlyifidie 2d ago

They cast a hex to give him that chinstrap

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u/thepromisedgland 1d ago

Very poor spellcasting, it was supposed to turn him into a penguin.

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u/mbee784 2d ago

But that's all fake crap

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u/Archarchery 2d ago

She’s a wiiiiiiiiitch.

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u/YakumoYamato 1d ago

I have been wondering

Legally, should attempt at "black magic" to someone be considered a threat of violence?

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u/Aerhyce 8h ago

IMO, if the intent is genuine and the intended harm is grievous, then yes.

Just like a failed assassination attempt is a crime, a failed assassination (or bewitching or whatever) attempt using black magic should still be a crime. The fact that it couldn't have succeeded anyway is irrelevant if the aggressor genuinely thought it could.

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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys 1d ago

He turned me into a newt!

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u/No_End_8410 9h ago

Sounds about right.

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u/DaveOJ12 2d ago

This was posted yesterday.

https://reddit.com/comments/1dpo2wy

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u/Submestran 2d ago

My bad, the link I shared has todays date so I only quickly checked todays post. Mods can remove it if needed

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u/teedeeguantru 2d ago

Same geniuses who banned Israelis from entering.