{"id":90,"date":"2014-03-06T14:34:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T14:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/?p=90"},"modified":"2014-03-06T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T14:34:18","slug":"at-weekly-exorcisms-egypts-muslims-and-christians-unite-against-the-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"At Weekly Exorcisms, Egypt\u2019s Muslims and Christians Unite Against the Demons"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1 itemprop=\"headline\">At Weekly Exorcisms, Egypt\u2019s Muslims and Christians Unite Against the Demons<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a itemprop=\"author\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/author\/aryn-baker\/\">Aryn Baker \/ Cairo<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arynebaker\" target=\"_blank\">@arynebaker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><time itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2014-03-03 11:14:55\">March 3, 2014<\/time><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" alt=\"Father Sama\u2019an Ibrahim performs an exorcism on a group of devotees - Muslims and Christians - inside Cairo\u2019s St. Sama\u2019an Cathedral, Feb. 28, 2014.\" src=\"http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/av5a6742.jpg?w=1100&amp;h=734&amp;crop=1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/av5a6742.jpg?w=560&amp;h=374&amp;crop=1 320w 2x, http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/av5a6742.jpg?w=1100&amp;h=734&amp;crop=1 800w, http:\/\/timedotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/av5a6742.jpg?w=1100&amp;h=734&amp;crop=1 800w 2x\" \/><figcaption>Father Sama\u2019an Ibrahim performs an exorcism on a group of devotees &#8211; Muslims and Christians &#8211; inside Cairo\u2019s St. Sama\u2019an Cathedral, Feb. 28, 2014.Mosa&#8217;ab Elshamy for TIME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">Cairo&#8217;s best-known exorcist may be Christian, but his weekly exorcisms provide an unusual space for interfaith cooperation<\/h2>\n<aside data-name=\"rr-taboola-video\">\n<div id=\"taboola-right-rail-organic-video-11368\" data-mode=\"verticalx3\" data-placement=\"right-rail-organic\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_50668\">\n<div id=\"trc_header_50668\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>WATCH<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"outer_50668\">\n<div id=\"rbox-t2v\">\n<div id=\"internal_trc_50668\">\n<div title=\"What the Pistorius Case Reveals about South Africa\" data-item-id=\"-2018238730854869305\" data-item-title=\"What the Pistorius Case Reveals about South Africa\" data-item-thumb=\"http:\/\/timeInc.brightcove.com.edgesuite.net\/rtmp_uds\/293884104\/293884104_2194381313001_TIME-pistorius-120.jpg?pubId=293884104\" data-item-syndicated=\"false\"><a title=\"What the Pistorius Case Reveals about South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/video\/player\/0,32068,2194375515001_2137438,00.html?iid=tabvidrecric\" target=\"_parent\">What the Pistorius Case Reveals about South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<div title=\"Remove this item\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"Siri's Voice: The Woman Behind It\" data-item-id=\"-206504772542013062\" data-item-title=\"Siri's Voice: The Woman Behind It\" data-item-thumb=\"http:\/\/timeInc.brightcove.com.edgesuite.net\/rtmp_uds\/293884104\/293884104_2718303063001_100413-Voice-of-siri-1280.jpg?pubId=293884104\" data-item-syndicated=\"false\"><a title=\"Siri's Voice: The Woman Behind It\" href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/video\/player\/0,32068,2718265214001_2153906,00.html?iid=tabvidrecric\" target=\"_parent\">Siri&#8217;s Voice: The Woman Behind It<\/a><\/p>\n<div title=\"Remove this item\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"Kate Middleton Plays Volleyball... 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So her family opted for a priest. \u201cMy mother is possessed by a jinn,\u201d the woman\u2019s daughter said, by way of explaining why she and her Muslim family had decided to attend a recent Thursday night mass last month at Cairo\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavechurch.com\/home\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">St. Sama\u2019an Cathedral<\/a>. Her mother, who was slumped over a nearby bench, gave no indication of hearing anything. In a few hours she would be yipping and howling along<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/11368\/egypt-christians-muslims-exorcisms\/\">http:\/\/time.com\/11368\/egypt-christians-muslims-exorcisms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Weekly Exorcisms, Egypt\u2019s Muslims and Christians Unite Against the Demons Aryn Baker \/ Cairo\u00a0@arynebaker March 3, 2014 Father Sama\u2019an Ibrahim performs an exorcism on a group of devotees &#8211; Muslims and Christians &#8211; inside Cairo\u2019s St. Sama\u2019an Cathedral, Feb. 28, 2014.Mosa&#8217;ab Elshamy for TIME Cairo&#8217;s best-known exorcist may be Christian, but his weekly exorcisms &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/?p=90\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">At Weekly Exorcisms, Egypt\u2019s Muslims and Christians Unite Against the Demons<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}