Religious's Healing Sheiks: Faith or Fiction?
Wajir — As mushrooming of religious healings are growing in size and number in our county the so "Cilaaji" a term sometimes our Somali community call it " Quran Saar" they have created a growing number of followers and sects. scholars across the two concern Muslim bodies - supkem and Council of Culumas few days ago cast a spell of sanction, closing down the Abraar center that was located in makoror which created a public outrage either that are for the closure and some blaming the government led by Ahmed Abdullahi a case that has no tangible evidence of his involvement it's just as the political pendulum that are choreographed by individuals.
That a side the scholars actions is a thing that we should support despite different people have different opinions and understanding of the facts - yes it's acceptable for a Muslim to use Quran for a treatment, it has it's own unique way of doing it - clearly stated but what is happening in that center is beyond somebody's imagination.
our scholars are our moral watchdog - it's not what people are parroting in the " Gumzo Mtàani" or in the tea- talk 'fadhi ku dirir, .
Concerns are also rising that these new healing centers exist only to exploit the poor and desperate- once someone is admmited what follows a trailer of horrow, explaotiatin, human rights violations and breach of Islamic teachings - we have wicked healers, they Way they do their activities one never say it's it's Quranic healing maybe the name may changed to the like of SHAKAHOLA type money siphoning scheme.
Exorcisms, thrice or weekly is timeline set people to visit the Sheik, with huge money requested to be paid, the poorer are tormented physiology because he was SPIRITUALISED , believed to trust what this healers says especially offering Quran verses with water sprinkle all over the patient's body - with JIIN inside making communication all is we'll crafted - faith and prayer to heal the sick, find love for the forlorn and give hope to the hopeless by driving out demons that possessed their bodies and souls.
who gave permit? are they registered? healing centers in Wajir county are just operating anyhow without the consent of the security, Culumas or even giving notification to the area Chief - we are not in a banana republic - our security is paramount than any other interest.
Is it a real demonstration of the power of prayer? Or just some elaborate scam?
Islamically rules are clear - Quran Saar is secret healing process not mammoth crowd with both women and men in one congested plot everyone's jiin throwing up their demons inside out, with people even unable to control themselves rocking to a dance like jigsaw totally Haram - imagine the healer in the middle of the crowd,ulalating it's doesn't exist in our tradition as Muslim community - it's abhorrent, absurd, ungodly actions and be fights against - if today if we chest-thumb for such revelations then no doubt we will expect a new sect formed - loosing the path to God.
it's come into our attention it's absolutely a witchcrafts for example some goes with patients,the one accompanied him or her fall into trap leaving a commotion within his body aggravating to unclear condition - helpless surrendering to a medication.
It's public nuisance, with loud speakers to the fullest remember many people are disturbed - the Cilaaji are money laundering leeway - through superstitious and witty actions woes people forcefully brainwashed to believe everything this wicked healers are doing or saying- take a kind concern does Islam accept an opponent sex to touch each other or handle sacred land of someone's body the answer is good as you know here (women are mostly the victims) they are mishandled - a act of sexual advancement.
Last year BBC Arabic went undercover to find out just how prevalent such abuse is
A hidden world of sex abuse and exploitation by men working as "spiritual healers" has been uncovered by BBC Arabic.
Spiritual healing, also known as "Quranic healing", is a popular practice in the Arab and Muslim world. It is mostly women who visit healers - believing that they can solve problems and cure illness by expelling evil spirits known as "jinn".
Testimonies gathered by the BBC from 85 women, over a period of more than a year, named 65 so-called healers in Morocco and Sudan - two countries where such practices are particularly popular - with accusations ranging from harassment to rape.
Sawsan, a woman in Sudan, said the healer suggested sex with him would help her reconcile with her husband
Sawsan says she left the session immediately and never returned. She did not report his behaviour.
Three of the 50 women who BBC spoke to in Sudan about exploitation or abuse named the same religious leader
.....Sheikh Ibrahim. One of the women, who we are not naming, said he manipulated her into having sex with him. Another, Afaf, told BBC she had to push him off her when he asked to have sex with her. She said she felt powerless.
To unravel the truth one undercover journalist working with our team agreed to visit Sheikh Ibrahim in a bid to collect more evidence.
The reporter, who posed as a client suffering from infertility.
Sheikh Ibrahim said he would say a prayer for her, and prepared a bottle of "healing water" - known as "mahayya" - for her to take home and drink.
The reporter then moved to sit extremely close to her, and put his hand on her stomach. When she asked him to take his hand away, she says, he simply moved it down her body, over her clothes, to her genitals. She ran from the room.
"I was really shaken by him," she told BBC afterwards. "He had a worrying look about him."
She says she felt that his manner suggested this was not the first time he had behaved in this way.
It's clear our Wajir Culumas have the right to protect the image of our religion further to protect, mitigate disaster incoming - if today we freely accept weird things done under the name of Qur'an Saar then things will fall apart - all centers that are working illegally should be closed permanently.
If we want to integrate our traditional, local sheik religious treatment with our conservative medicine fine it's a step but we must come with proposal - establish a framework locally in fact some countries have merged both government health treatment and that of local healers - Tanzania and Zimbabwe are example.
The gulf between modern and traditional practitioners has narrowed somewhat in the past decade. WHO has advocated incorporating safe and effective traditional medicine into primary health-care systems. In 2002, the organization issued its first comprehensive guidelines to help countries, such as Zimbabwe, develop policies to regulate traditional medicine.
The Zimbabwean government announced in July that it will regularize the trade. Plans include forming a healers’ council that will, among other things, authenticate the efficacy of herbal medicines- even in Wajir county that is possible to intercept rogue, unscrupulous healers in the name Quran treatment- Assembly, through MOU with Culumas, tradition healers can draft bylaws that empower both.
To foster effective results people should be able to consult register and licenced traditional healers at proper premises. Currently, traditional healers are operating in all sorts of places like open grounds, in plots, under trees and backyard rooms. That has to change- to avoid backlash yeah we know everyone needs justice, freedom and access to everything but people's live matter.
As we make our conclusion on the actions taken by the Wajir Supkem and Council of Culumas it's everyone's responsibility to protect our county from the jaws of immorality, uprise of sects and anything that limits our existence- you will agree with me the cumulus have somehow slept from their roles - it's time they should wake up from their comfort zone , kept at bay politics and clean the immorality mess In our county. together we see our nation to prosper.
God bless Wajir county.
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