tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post115760969954893254..comments2024-03-22T01:24:37.146-07:00Comments on Skeptic in Qatar: Psychics, astrologer and magicians, oh my!Glen McKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120296462964981195noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-26975581934061633912016-04-19T11:55:56.765-07:002016-04-19T11:55:56.765-07:00Yes despite religious condemnation fortune-telling...Yes despite religious condemnation fortune-telling and similar things exist in Muslim countries. Tolerance I think depends on the school of Islam, Hanbalis (Saudi, Qatar) are more strict about this than other Muslim schools. In more relaxed countries such as Turkey psychics/fortune tellers appear to operate freely.Glen McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120296462964981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-61931946889828122632016-04-12T15:42:57.018-07:002016-04-12T15:42:57.018-07:00I know this in old post but I just stumbled across...I know this in old post but I just stumbled across it when I was researching something. It's funny you know, Islaam banning fortune telling, basically so did Christianity, burning people at the stake for being witches, often when they were healers or naturalists. But the thing is, I grew up in the gulf and there were plenty of old ladies throwing stones, or reading shells. I had one of the best readings of my life from a shell reader in the Sudan (also a Shariah state) 6 years ago. She told me (through a translator) things she couldn't possibly have known about my life, I was there when she read for two other friends and it was remarkable.. I read the cards for a couple of Sudanese friends and soon they were bringing friends and relatives around for it. They loved it and actively sought it out. It's a social thing, not fortune telling but like a discussion of the energy that surrounds you. You unpack the possibiliies of life. Sadly misunderstood by many :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397400971692389417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-48907459796351600462015-09-04T18:28:53.157-07:002015-09-04T18:28:53.157-07:00I wanna learn the telekinesis. But I need a teache...I wanna learn the telekinesis. But I need a teacherTITANIAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18284734790868651163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-25256560934416577132013-10-15T03:52:55.016-07:002013-10-15T03:52:55.016-07:00I'm currently in Qatar on holiday, and was jus...I'm currently in Qatar on holiday, and was just looking for a fortune teller. Disappointed I can't fine one:( ChristinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-76724306332531993902011-12-28T03:26:57.415-08:002011-12-28T03:26:57.415-08:00I'm sorry to hear that you have such misgiving...I'm sorry to hear that you have such misgivings about accounting but I think you may be muddling a variety of issues, including development of financial products, with accounting. Accounting is primarily a system to present financial information in a consistent and understandable manner, to allow users to assess a company or entity. Without it, there would be no way for people to assess the financial health of the company, nor compare it to others. It is necessary, and even Islamic financial firms have accounting standards (www.aaoifi.com). I'm not sure what equations you are referring to as accounting uses very few of them, you may be thinking of financial modeling but that is different than accounting.<br /><br />Attempts to paint accounting or accountants in the same light as psychics is woefully misguided.Glen McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120296462964981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33947698.post-50504181561918637932011-12-27T17:17:06.670-08:002011-12-27T17:17:06.670-08:00Too bad they don't outlaw accountants in Qatar...Too bad they don't outlaw accountants in Qatar. All accountants are money launderers, frauds and out-of-work magicians like James Randi. The things they do with numbers should be considered "sorcery" - a sham, or the Devil's work, for sure. Too add big numbers and make equations should be forbidden at once. Then to go along with that ice cold rhetoric, forbid all forms of thinking, and leave it up to fate and Allah. No room to breathe. Then outsource all predictive technologies as well, like meteorology, to China. Some people just don't know what the blazes they are talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com