Saudi Arabia: Lawyer Wants Genie To Testify In Court…
7th century comic relief.
(Emirates 24/7) — A Saudi defence lawyer has asked court to summon a jinn (genie) claimed to have possessed a judge who has been arrested on corruption charges, the Saudi Arabic language daily Okaz reported on Saturday.
The lawyer, Salim bin Atteyya, told court that the jinn must be present in court to testify in the case of the corrupt judge in Madina, Islam’s second holiest shrine after Makkah, the newspaper said.
“The case of the corrupt judge in Madina has taken a new turn and witnessed new developments as the lawyer of an absent defendant has asked court to summon the jinn to testify,” the paper said.
“If what the accused judge said about the jinn, then this jinn could be bad and blasphemous…this jinn could have been sent by a bad sorcerer because witchcraft is bad and non-Islamic.”
Okaz quoted the lawyer as saying he had made that demand on the grounds any sentence must not be based on “jinn’s allegations”, presented by an exorcist.
“This Raqi ( Koran reciter and exorcist) has not presented any real evidence that the accused judge has been possessed by jinn,” the lawyer said.
Posted by ZIP on Friday, February 3, 2012, at 11:09 am | 
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Only if you rub the lamp……..
Has he even asked Barbara Eden if she’d be willing to go? Don’t count on it.
We have our own genie who will never testify in court – Baraaaack Obongo.
How about allowing IAGO the parrot to testifi that JAFAR is DEAD
I wonder if the guy used up all of his wishes?
He better hope not.
I actually like this idea. So, when somebody says that the Devil made them do it, well, make the Devil show up in court. If you can’t produce the witness, you lose.
Yes, I admit I backed over the kid in the driveway. Not my fault. It was a damn Genie. You know how that can be.
FINALLY, something that isn’t Bush’s fault! It was Barbara Eden! Yeah!
7th century and 2nd grader defense, indeed.
One has to wonder if the Judges here in the USA who want to allow Sharia herem are possessed by Jinn?
Yep. These folks and their mentality are in charge of Homeland Security.
@pre-Boomer Marine brat
Barbara Eden was a babe back in the day.
For pity’s sake!
All the technology that Saudi has — and a jinn will be summoned to court. Sounds like something out of the folk tales from 1001 Arabian Knights.
bite me
In related news…Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy all face trial for a drive-by gifting committed last year…film at eleven….
Regrets : the jinn will not be able attend , he is having lunch with the Easter Bunny
Emirates 24/7 is a good site to get an idea what is going on in several ME states and it is funny.
Jinns,genies,witches and the ever evil dogs.
http://www.emirates247.com/crime/region/stray-dogs-devour-murdered-brothers-2012-01-08-1.436400
Notice they are more concerned about dogs nibling on BBQ’d humans than they are the barbarian murders?
This is actually a good but retarded sounding defense. The defense lawyer is demanding the prosecution bring in the primary witness, the jinn. Without the jinn the prosecution has only the word of some koranic “expert”. So…no real case. And the defense lawyer is left with a naturally corrupt judge. Which is normal for there. But the no-show jinn won’t stop these ignorant bastards from continuing.
Holy hell, are those goat-raping bastards superstitious, barbaric and stupid! What’s next? Maybe issuing a subpoena to Gaia so she can testify on global warming?
And MOOOslims wonder why people think they are a bunch of fucking monkeys…..
Will the genie be allowed to wear the hawiian shirt the goofy hat and carry his golf clubs?
Well, duh….he can just cruise into court on his chauffeured flying carpet.
In fairness, the prosecution’s exorcist witness put quoted the Djinn against the judge, and that is technically hearsay. The defense is right – the demon must take the stand and be subject to cross-examination.
Heh.
:lol
Highly rec the link @ Debbie 2:10 PM. Kind of like the ME Enquirer and NY Post combined.
Of course, if they actually produce said demon, the odds of such a transcendent super-being being cooperative are unfathomably slim. The odds of it incinerating everyone in court and then possessing the nearest pedestrian are somewhat high by comparison.
That genie was eaten by the Kraken two days ago.
http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_19877564?source=rss
One wonders what type of situation of a “genie” this is all about.