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Devout djinn

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In his review of Elf Queens and

Holy Friars [ FT355:59], Jeremy Harte points out that Islam accommodat­es belief in djinn while the Christian Church doesn’t have room for fairies. This is because the Bible doesn’t mention fairies, while the Q’uran mentions djinn in more than 40 verses, stating that some of them heard Muhammad recite the Holy Book and accepted the tenets of Islam. In other words: belief in djinn is part of the Muslim faith, and some djinn are Muslims themselves. [See

FT324:20-21 – Editor] Ulrich Magin Hennef, Germany

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