Fake Healers, Peers and Amils

A comment made on this blog that a friend went to visit a magician or peer and was told by him to visit him alone was a matter of great concern for me. The reason being that I had just read a news report that a man claiming he was a peer was responsible for making 310 women pregnant. Although this happened in Pakistan where there is more pressure on women to produce a son, I believe such men can easily take advantage of vulnerable women wherever they are in the world. If you type in ‘fake peer’ or ‘jaali peer’ on You Tube, the list of reports of such people is endless. The All Voices news website reports that fake peer and amils in Pakistan are making thousands of rupees promising their customers money, love, peace and prosperity through providing magic spells. An article called Fake Charismatic Healing about Christian fake healers astonished me that con artists existed in all faiths and all around the world. It also shows how people are allowing themselves to be fooled, or are they really being fooled? Is it that they want to believe that these healers and peers will cure them because they are desperate for a son or wealth and prosperity?    

  

                         Fake peer makes 310 women              Fake healers are paid
                                        pregnant                                thousands in America.                    
                           

So how do your recognise a fake peer? In an on line magazine it is stated that one obvious sign is that a fake peer or healer will have a set charge placed which will be excessively high in comparison to the services they are providing. These peers will often advertise on television, and in magazines that they can eradicate black magic or illnesses. This sounds familiar as I have myself seen adverts on the internet, in newspapers and in leaflets. Another website lists characteristics of a black magician that may want to harm you. Asking for your mother’s maiden name, wanting an item of used clothing and instructing you to isolate yourself from other people are some of the signs that the person is someone to watch out for.