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Underwear Bomber Obsessed with Jinn According to FBI Debrief

2012-02-18T14:01:34Z

Remember the whack job / moron who tried to blow up his underwear in-flight in an effort to kill almost 300 people on Christmas Day 2009? Well, justice was finally served and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab got a much-deserved life sentence on February 16th. Certain information about the Underwear Bomber, previously kept secret, is now trickling out. Apparently, Abdulmutallab was obsessed with the Jinn. He believes that the Jinn frequently possess people and that they use their victims to do their work. Read more about Abdulmutallab and his obsession here. You can read the official court document here that includes information about the Jinn obtained in a 2010 FBI debrief with Abdulmutallab. His beliefs are certainly accurate, but was he trying to blame the Jinn for what he himself tried to do or was he really possessed by a Jinn when he tried to blow-up Northwest Airlines Flight 253?

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Oh, the Horror! The Jinn Paperback Version Now Available for Only $9.99!

2012-02-17T10:44:21Z

Good news for those folks that prefer print books versus ebooks--The Jinn paperback is now available on Amazon for only $9.99 (which is 666 upside down)! Get your scare on!

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Arson in Saudi Arabia or the Evil Work of the Jinn? You Decide.

2012-02-02T10:46:18Z

Quoted by the Saudi Arabic language daily Okaz, two Saudi brothers in the southern town of Bisha are reportedly being haunted by the Jinn. The two brothers left their home after a serious of mysterious fires destroyed parts of the house. After moving to another house, the fires continued at the old house and there was a large fire at the new home. The brothers are convinced that the Jinn are haunting (and following) them. A Muslim cleric witnessed one of the fires and agrees that the Jinn are to blame. Saudi Civil Defense authorities aren't so convinced that it's the Jinn and are now calling it arson. Read more about the story here and decide for yourself.

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Man Abducted, Held Hostage by the Jinn in Oman

2012-02-02T10:20:06Z

When people think of Oman, what mostly comes to mind are its trendy beach resort destinations. Few think or even know of the "old" Oman with its ancient villages dotting the mountainous countryside and the well-worn donkey trails winding their way around the bases of towering stone cliffs. Locals have known for centuries that the beautiful mountains and deep canyons of Oman are haunted by the Jinn. Perhaps that's why Oman's tourism industry touts its beaches but downplays the jagged, stark terrain of its interior. Most recently, a young Omani man went for a leisurely motorbike ride to one of the mountains near his village. He's now missing and the Jinn are to blame. After an extensive search for the man by authorities, a sheikh spoke to one of the Jinn that inhabit the particular mountain. The Jinn revealed that the young man is being kept captive in a grotto. There's no word yet on what the Jinn want, but at least the man is alive--for now... A large number of Omanis have visited the mountain, some of them offering sacrifices, but the Jinn thus far have refused to release the young man. You can read the official newspaper report here.

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Egyptian Woman Possessed by Jinn Beaten to Death in Exorcism

2012-01-17T10:41:03Z

A healer attempting to exorcise a Jinn from an Egyptian woman apparently went a little too far and beat the woman to death in the process. Hey, whatever happened to gentle rugyahs, surahs, and du'as with some nice sandalwood incense? Well, anyway, the woman is dead and the "healer" is sitting in an Egyptian jail. Read more about him here.

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Jinn Haunting Reveals Black Magic Death of Young Saudi Girl

2012-01-16T13:01:33Z

A Saudi family says a Jinn that haunted them has confirmed an Asian housekeeper used black magic to kill the family's young daughter. Saudi Arabia’s feared religious police arrested the maid after the Saudi family accused her of causing the death of their child and seeking to destroy the family through witchcraft. The family learned of the maid's nefarious activities after a Jinn that was haunting the dead girl was exorcised and confessed to the maid's involvement. Read more about The Jinn here and more about this troubling story here.

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What Readers Are Saying About The Jinn

2012-01-14T14:52:33Z

Here's what readers are saying about The Jinn. Don't be left out! Get your scare on and download the Kindle version of The Jinn today!

"...a really good and unique scare"

"A horrifying page turner"

"...the story moves along quickly and some parts were so creepy that it really did give me goosebumps"

"Good horror story with some creepy moments"

"...intermixes Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and the occult in a way that's scarily interesting"

"Uniquely scary!"

"...the right amount of scare combined with supernatural thriller for a quick pace"

"...makes for some creepy reading..."

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Dead Bodies of Children Desecrated for Jinn Worship

2012-01-14T14:37:27Z

A grisly find reveals Indonesia’s fixation with black magic and the Jinn. In the Bonasari area, the graves of 24 children in three separate cemeteries were mysteriously dug up at the same time. The remains of the dead children vanished and authorities have no leads on who did it. But they do have an idea why: for black magic and to worship evil Jinn. Read more about the story here and read more about the Jinn here.

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The Jinn Explained: Legend, Fact, and Fiction

2012-01-12T02:13:50Z

I’ve mentioned before that much of what is described in The Jinn actually exists in reality or in legend. In many ways, The Jinn is a story that was just waiting to be discovered and told. I was merely a scrivener, creating the fictional characters and linking them to the story that unfolded before me. The following paragraphs describe those realities or legends.

The story begins over three thousand years ago with a Jinn—the most feared demons of Islam—stealing the magical ring that King Solomon used to control the Jinn and nature’s elements. The Jinn, Sakhr, attempted to overthrow King Solomon, but was captured. King Solomon entombed the demon Sakhr in an iron chest using his ring, the Seal of Solomon. The King ordered the tomb to be cast into an abyss in a distant land. In the Bible, there is a vague reference to a demon who was sealed in a tomb, but the seal lasts only one thousand years. It is very possible that this is a reference to the demon Sakhr. Without the tomb being resealed, the demon Sakhr could be freed and rejoin his master, Iblis the Shaitan, one of the most powerful of the Jinn. If it is true that the tomb needs to be resealed every thousand years, the Seal of Solomon—King Solomon’s magical ring—would be needed for that purpose.

Coincidentally, the pentagram on the flag of Morocco comes directly from the Seal of Solomon. Why is it that the Moroccan flag is linked to this ancient seal? Is it possible that Morocco is that distant land identified by King Solomon as the place of exile for the demon Sakhr? Based on my research, that's very likely.

Oujda, Morocco was once a bustling border city on the Algerian-Morocco trade route, but the border was closed in the 1990s as a result of the centuries-long tense relationship between Morocco and Algeria. The ancient history of Oujda, however, is far worse. Despite the mostly hardscrabble life of Oujda’s current inhabitants, it is nothing compared to the centuries of human slaughter that Oujda experienced at the hands of warring Berbers, Arabs, and Turks. Since its founding in the tenth century as an "official" city, Oujda was destroyed by war so often that it became known as Madinat al-Hairah—the City of Fear—by lucky survivors. In Oujda, near one of the large souks, there is an ancient city gate nicknamed the Gate of the Heads. Until the French Occupation of Oujda in the 1940s, it was common practice for the decapitated heads of invaders and criminals to be displayed on this gate. I actually have a picture of an old postcard which shows heads being displayed on the gate.

Throughout the book, a certain Jinn named Asmodeus seeks to ensure that the tomb of the demon Sakhr is not resealed. Asmodeus is a particularly powerful Jinn and is known in both Islam and Judaism. The characters in The Jinn seek out certain information and clues contained in old magical texts, known as grimoires. Some of these grimoires were reportedly written by King Solomon, who is also an important figure in Islam known as Sulayman.

Sidi Yahia, an oasis on the outskirts of Oujda is the site of a mosque which reportedly contains the tombs of certain important religious figures in Islam. One is Yahia Ben Younes, better known in Christianity as John the Baptist. John the Baptist was reputed to be extremely humble, eschewing the wearing of linen and instead preferring a camel-hair tunic. It seems a little incredulous to think that the tomb of John the Baptist is at this modest place, however, it has long been rumored that the Sidi Yahia mosque was built atop the ruins of an ancient church. Interestingly enough, despite having lived almost exactly one thousand years apart, there is a strong connection between King Solomon and John the Baptist. This connection is now a secret known only to the Freemasons, who revere both King Solomon and John the Baptist.

Another interesting landmark near Oujda is Le Grotte du Chameau or “Cave of the Camel.” It is a large cave in the Beni-Snassen Mountains, approximately sixty kilometers from Oujda. A massive rock formation, which has an uncanny resemblance to a camel, sits atop the cave. The cave contains many unexplored caverns and deep abysses.

Almost exactly three thousand years after the time of King Solomon, the quest for the characters in The Jinn, should they survive the horrors of the Jinn, is to find the Seal of Solomon and the location of the demon Sakhr’s tomb. Even with King Solomon’s ring, the grimoires show that only a descendant of the King has the power to use the ring.

Will the Jinns be stopped in time or will Sakhr be freed from his tomb to unleash his revenge on the earth?

Get your copy of The Jinn and find out.

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Is the Djinn Movie Really Going to be Released?

2012-01-11T11:04:05Z

Conflicting statements in early 2012 have cast doubt on whether the Tobe Hooper Djinn movie will make it to audiences, but--interestingly--a long-form trailer has just been released. Check it out here. If you need to get your Jinn fix now, be sure to check out my horror thriller, The Jinn, where three American girls join the Peace Corps and travel to Oujda, Morocco where they face the horrors of the Jinn.

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Are Jinn Hot and Cold?

2012-01-10T11:01:54Z

Jinn are made from smokeless fire, but sometimes they get cold feet--as in the case of Tobe Hooper's horror movie, Djinn. At the start of 2012, there were rumors that Djinn would never see the light of day because the movie was considered politically incorrect from the UAE's point of view. Abu Dhabi Media, the parent of the Djinn's movie production company, was quick to squelch those rumors and said that the movie will be released in 2012. Here are the details on the hot and cold of the Djinn.

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Saudi Lawyer Wants a Jinn to Testify in Court

2012-01-05T23:01:38Z

A Saudi defense lawyer has asked a court to summon a Jinn claimed to have possessed a judge arrested on corruption charges. Seriously. Read more about it here.

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Good News! It's Okay to Eat the Jinn. Wait, What?

2012-01-04T11:12:06Z

Egyptian cleric Mohamed al-Zoghbi issued a fatwa proclaiming that eating the meat of Jinn is permissible. Jinn jerky? He fails to mention how one would go about catching the supernatural Jinn without getting annihilated in the process. Read my horror thriller, The Jinn, and you'll find out how dangerous they really are. And it's not likely that you're going to come across some Jinn road-kill. Read more about his fatwa and other bizarre fatwas from 2011 here.

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Upcoming Movies About Jinn

2011-12-27T13:16:02Z

Past movies about the Jinn either haven't been a commercial success or, more often, haven't done an adequate job of portraying what the Jinn really are and what they're capable of doing. Wes Craven's Wishmaster film series was good, but could have been even better with a more religious slant. Other movies have utilized a romanticized view of the Jinn or attempted to totally redefine them, diluting their real horror (think genies that grant three wishes--yawn). As a consequence, American audiences have been under-served and the Muslim world hasn't been given enough credit. There are two upcoming movies that I hope will begin to change all that (see synopses below). While you're waiting for these movies to be released, be sure to get a copy of my horror thriller, The Jinn.

Jinn the Movie (2012). Jinn is an upcoming film from Exxodus Pictures. It was written and directed by Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad, and stars Ray Park (Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), Faran Tahir (Iron Man), Serinda Swan (Tron Legacy), William Atherton (Ghostbusters), and Dominic Rains. According to the director, the movie will introduce the accurate mythological concept of the Jinn to western audiences. There isn't a lot of plot information available, but the movie appears to be set in an insane asylum in Michigan. The movie features a Camaro designed by the director called the FireBreather.

In the Face of Jinn (2012?). While on a silk buying trip in India for their business in California, Elizabeth Shepard mysteriously disappears. Her sister Christine challenges the ineffectual U.S. and Indian bureacracies and ventures alone into the Islamic world to find her. Her search takes her into Afghanistan, Pakistan, the mysterious tribes of the Pashtuns, a dangerous encounter with the Taliban, and learns to fear the Jinn, the devils that dominate the superstitions of the people she must understand in order to survive.

Djinn (2012). Directed by horror genre master, Tobe Hooper and written by U.S writer David Tully, Djinn tells the nightmarish story of a young Emirati couple who return home from the U.S. and discover that their new apartment in a luxury high-rise built on the site of an abandoned fishing village is also home to the malevolent beings known as the Djinn.

Djinn Update: Apparently, there are some problems with the Djinn movie in post-production. Someone close to Abu Dhabi’s royal family has seen the movie and does not appreciate its portrayal of the UAE and considers the movie to be politically incorrect. As a result, according to what I've read, the royal family "bought" the movie and it may not ever be released.

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The Jinn is Featured in Times Square

2011-12-23T22:37:43Z

Check out the huge crowd in Times Square--they can't wait to get their copy of The Jinn.

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Horror Master John Coyne Blogs About The Jinn

2011-12-21T16:52:08Z

Horror master author John Coyne (The Piercing, The Hunting Season, The Searing, and many, many others) came across The Jinn and was kind enough to put something on his blog about it. Be sure to visit his website where all of his books are featured.

It's really encouraging when a horror master like John Coyne helps to promote indies and takes an interest in fledgling authors. It's also nice to know that there are still good people like John in a very tough, cut-throat industry.

Thank you, John!

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The Jinn Press Release

2011-12-17T10:54:36Z

Move Over Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies: Here Come The Jinn

In author Stephen Guth's latest book, The Jinn, three American girls fresh out of college join
the Peace Corps and travel to Oujda, Morocco. As the girls encounter the terror of the Jinn and each face their fiery destinies, one girl is aided by an unexpected ally to fight the Jinn. Will she come to terms with her secret past and survive the wrath of the Jinn?

Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 15, 2011 -- Move over vampires, werewolves, and zombies—here come the Jinn! Author Stephen Guth unleashes his latest book, The Jinn, on unwary American audiences. “America’s horror favorites better watch their backs," Guth warns. "There’s something ancient at the top of the horror food chain—the Jinn. They’re horrific beyond imagine, they’re powerful, and they’re pissed that they’ve been ignored for so long.”

The Jinn, a horror thriller, is the story of three American girls fresh out of college who join the Peace Corps and travel together to Morocco. While living with their host family in the ancient border city of Oujda—known as the City of Fear for its bloody past—the girls become ensnared in the supernatural world of the Jinn. These most feared demons of Islam, the Jinn, existed before man and live on earth in a world parallel and normally unseen to mankind. As the girls encounter the terror of the Jinn and each face their fiery destinies, one girl is aided by an unexpected ally to fight the Jinn and their master, Sakhr. Her search to defeat the Jinn leads to the crypts of saints in the oasis of Sidi Yahia and the haunted catacombs of the Beni-Snassen mountains.

Much of the story exists in reality or in legend. “In many ways,” Guth says, “The Jinn is a story that was just waiting to be discovered and told. I was merely a scrivener, creating the characters and linking them to an amazing set of religious beliefs, historical facts, and exotic locales.”

Guth explains his motivation for writing The Jinn, “I’m a huge horror fan, but, frankly, I was getting tired of the same old rehashed stories. American audiences deserve something better. Why not introduce them to the horrors of the Jinn, which roughly half of the world’s population already believes in?”

This latest book by Stephen Guth is available in print at Lulu and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. Visit The Jinn on the web.

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The Jinn is Now Available for Purchase

2011-12-15T23:09:45Z

The Jinn is now available for purchase, in print and for the Kindle.

The Jinn is the story of three American girls fresh out of college who join the Peace Corps and travel together to Morocco. While living with their host family in the ancient border city of Oujda—known as the City of Fear for its bloody past—the girls become ensnared in the supernatural world of the Jinn. These most feared demons of Islam, the Jinn, existed before man and live on Earth in a world parallel and normally unseen to mankind. Jealous of both man and angels, the lesser Jinn are commanded by Sakhr, servant to Iblis the Shaitan, to harvest souls of mankind in the Jinn’s quest for power and revenge.

In ancient times, King Solomon was entrusted with a powerful signet ring given to him by the Archangel Michael. With the ring, King Solomon commanded the elements and the spirit-world. After the demon Sakhr sought to dethrone King Solomon, the King entombed Sakhr in a chest and sealed it with the five-pointed star of his signet ring—the Seal of Solomon. The King ordered the chest cast into a deep cave in a distant land far from Jerusalem.

The powerful ring has since been lost to history.

Since the earliest of times and still to this day, the Jinn go to the lowest heaven and eavesdrop on angels discussing events of the future which they heard from God. The angels intensely guard the heavens from the Jinn, using meteor showers to attack any who try to eavesdrop.

One morning, following an evening where the girls experienced the most shooting stars in their lives, they visit Oujda’s old city market, the Souk Melilla. Just beyond the twelfth-century city walls and the ancient gate of Bab Sidi Abdelouahab—called the Gate of the Heads from when heads of invaders were displayed on the gate—the girls explore the bazaar-like marketplace. On an impulse, the girls visit an old fortune teller to predict their futures. The sage predicts horrific encounters for the girls and claims that one among them has attracted the attention of the Jinn who seek to free their master Sakhr.

As the girls encounter the terror of the Jinn and each face their fiery destinies, one girl is aided by an unexpected ally to fight the Jinn. Her search to defeat the Jinn leads to the crypts of saints in the oasis of Sidi Yahia and the haunted catacombs of the Beni-Snassen mountains. Will she come to terms with her secret past and survive the wrath of the Jinn?

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You Better Say a Prayer Before You Read The Jinn!

2011-11-22T22:37:20Z

As I've been writing The Jinn, I've encountered all sorts of unusual nuisances and inconveniences. I've also had things happen to me that were potentially life-threatening; numerous near-accidents and planes with mechanical problems are two of a handful of examples. It's very probable that all of those things are directly attributable to the malevolence of the Jinn, who clearly don't like me writing about them. Although I'm complaining about it publicly, it's my problem alone to deal with.

Then I started thinking about the reader (you)--what responsibility do I have to the readers of The Jinn to protect them from any harm?

Just like the Jinn don't want this book to be written, the Jinn probably won't like people reading it. I don't want anything bad to happen to my readers, so I decided that advising readers to say a short prayer, a du'a, before reading The Jinn would be prudent. Here's a du'a that protects against the Jinn and Shaitan. I HIGHLY recommend that you recite this prayer every time you pick up The Jinn to read it.

In the name of Allah I begin and in Allah I trust. With the might of Allah, the power of Allah, the strength of Allah, and the greatness of Allah, I pray for Allah’s protection against the filthy, the impure, the wicked and the source of the wickedness, the Jinn and Shaitan the accursed.

Use whatever prayer you feel comfortable with. If you decide not to take this advice, you're on your own--I accept no responsibility for anything that might happen to you.

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Move Over Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies: Here Come the Jinn!

2011-11-21T11:08:34Z

Americans frequently take a myopic view of the world. Football is a good example. What we call “football” in the United States is dwarfed in popularity by what the rest of the world calls football. If you’re an American reading this, just so you know, "football" means soccer. Despite efforts to export American football to Europe, it never really took hold and likely never will.

Other times, America takes ideas from other parts of the world, repackages and markets those ideas, and then (assuming success) Americans call those ideas their own. I find it interesting how we Americans get all bent out of shape when another country violates our patent rights. Heck, we've been "appropriating" innovation and technology from other countries since the day we put our patent code in place.

The horror genre is no exception: vampires from Eastern Europe, werewolves from the Greek, and zombies from Haiti. America has adopted those patriarchs of terror and others (poltergeists), and we've made them our own. In fact, we Americans think we have the horror genre cornered. Despite most of the en vogue horror subject matter being “invented” elsewhere, Americans are genuinely surprised when other countries come up with really terrifying horror stories and movies (Ju-on, El Orfanato, Let the Right One In).

But America’s horror favorites better watch out. There’s something ancient at the top of the horror food chain.

The Jinn. They’re coming.

They’re horrific beyond imagine, they’re powerful, and they’re pissed that they’ve been ignored for so long.

Right now, there are 1.6 billion—yeah, billion with a “b”—Muslims throughout the world. It’s expected that the Muslim population will increase to 2.2 billion by 2030. Muslims have been essentially ignored by the U.S. horror market. For the sake of the future of horror, it's time to bring America and Muslims together. In the Islamic faith, Jinn are well known and feared. The horror of the Jinn is legendary and real. So let's do what we Americans do best when it comes to the horror genre--let's steal the Jinn and scare the hell out of ourselves and another 1.6 billion or so people.

While Americans might not ever embrace soccer as “football,” I predict that, in the very near future, the Jinn will impact the American horror genre in ways that vampires, werewolves, and zombies can’t even dream of.

If I were a vampire, werewolf, or zombie, I’d be worried. And I’d be watching my back.

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