Man jailed for one day, fined over 'talisman'

A Saudi court jailed a local man for one day and fined him SR1,000 ($265) for possessing a paper talisman, which is banned in the conservative Moslem Gulf Kingdom on the grounds it is an act of sorcery.

The judge in the eastern town of Qatif rejected the man’s plea that he had possessed the piece of paper for more than 15 years but that he does not believe in what is written in it, Sabq newspaper said on Wednesday.

“The judge fined the man SR1,000 and ordered his release after spending one day in prison,” the paper said.

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