Sidig Ahmad Mohamed, a "Faki" (religious healer) from Abu Shouk (North Darfur), reading the Holy Quran before preparing the "Bakhra", a traditional treatment against mental illnesses. The patient has to inhale the smoke that comes up from a piece of paper (with Quran sentences written on it) fired with charcoal, roots and species. – Photo by AFP
Darfur is located in the west of Sudan in Africa, a region that has been witness to severe violence and unrest from the devastating famine in 1987 to the conflict between the government and the militia including the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice for equality movement.
Several aid agencies including the United Nations and Medecins Sans Frontiers have been active in providing relief and medical care for the inhabitants against insurmountable odds. In a land where basic necessities remain scarce the inhabitants turn to alternative ways of seeking protection and health.
Darfur is home to many traditional healers or “Fakis” whose methods are inspired by the verses from the Quran and are highly respected in their communities. Many Fakhis have extensive knowledge of local herbs and plants while others claim to channel spirits within their bodies which possess healing powers.
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Excellent comment by brother Sajid (below). Sound waves of Quranic words can viberate human body cells that can cure the cancer. but what is this burning of Quran? there are lots of illeterate so called Mullahs and they are spreading very wrong propegenda about Islam and which is not Islam. so dont be misguided by their attire and dressup. They are the worshippers of Saitan but says they are muslims. May Allah save us all from hippocrates evils.
They are burning the paper with Quranic Inscription, behead them, hang them, kill them — apply your blood thirsty blasphemy laws. Show them the Pakistani way of understanding Quran.
Allah created the earth and the heavens and every thing in between. When an architect says, he made a building. Does that mean that he construct the building by himself or he is the master mind of the plot, design and architecture? Why we never find any labour name as the buider of that building? Same Allah created all the building blocks that today we say Science and that Physics, Chemistry, Biology is the process by which we see everything around us. We use this science to build things but actually we are just the labours like the building example, the credit goes to Allah as he is the master mind. Allah created sound. There is a science of sound waves. Human sound waves frequency affects body cell vibrations and these quranic verses when read, effect on human cells and can heal the imbalance in cells that causes desease. There are evidences that cancer patients were healed by the chantings. Quran words are powerfull sounds but unfortunately not everyone has the wisdom or knowledge to understand it fully. May Allah give us all the knowledge and wisdom to understand Quran…
Let us close down all hospitals.
Holy Book “Quran”, is a source for guidence, how it guide depends the peoples perception.
Beleife (faith) plays vital role in overcoming any health challenges, and Quran works as a booster for belief, sure by reading, understanding & implementing not by eating its papers, chewing its verses, smoking its burned leaves.
oh…It’s 20th century…Be logical and come out of this ignorance.
its actually 21st century…….
Wow logic, do you have a logic of your existence?
Please tell me logic of death
One another way of healing is to ask for some Haq Mehr of your wife and eat from it positively thinking it shall heal. And indeed Allah sens the cure. The Haq Mehr healing is also a verse from Quran.
You’re obviously lying.
Indeed Quran heals there is no doubt and it is not a wrong belief to take help from Quran for the purpose of healing. There are verses that encourage people for such healing.
It is Allah not the verses that heal a person. Quran should be read for guidance, cure comes from Allah alone. Many Muslim are lost due to wrong Aqueed and this is a good example of it. Never go to these Fakirs totally against Islam. You can read Quran and ask Allah for good health but running smoke though it will do you do good.
Above all he is burning Quran verses, luckily he is not in Pakistan.
I don’t know, what has gone wrong with all Musalmeens. Here one guy is burning Quran and we are sitting quiet. May I request all to take necessary action as we are doing all over the world on this type of issues.