bomohs

There are more parasites than hard-working people. by waterfrontcoolie on Saturday, 10 April 2010 - 9: 15 am by boh-liao on Saturday, 10 April 2010 - 11: 57 am by k1980 on Saturday, 10 April 2010 - 11: 58 am by Dipoh Bous on Saturday, 10 April 2010 - 2: 05 pm Our 'bomohs' should have the last laugh …

Planet Malaysia Kit 2010

In villages, it is common for people to seek the help of bomohs, or spiritual healers, for mental and physical illnesses but their rituals are not known to involve violence.

3 charged over Malaysian couple’s death in bizarre ritual 2008

According to the New Straits Times groups of bomohs, numbering from a dozen to two hundred, have been supporting the family.

Archive 2008-01-01 Christopher 2008

Is there not some procedure within the religious or cultural system for denouncing false prophets and false bomohs?

Believing in magic Glenda Larke 2008

As for them being superstitious, I think it's only natural as it is part of their life and culture what with the existence of bomohs in kampungs and such (forgive me if I'm wrong on this, but it's just my opinion).

Toyols Steal the Reading Public Sharon Bakar 2005

So now the bomohs (witch doctors) rule the roost it would seem.

Lim Kit Siang 2009

So now the bomohs (witch doctors) rule the roost it would seem.

Malaysia independent news 2009

The Islamic method of spiritual healing uses verses from the Quran, hadiths and the prophets 'prayers, but as Rahman points out, many bomohs employ unIslamic healing by calling on jin to assist them.

unknown title 2008

"Bomohs start their education by studying the sciences of the Shariah Islamic law, including jurisprudence, monotheism, and Sufism, which are necessary for the bomohs not only to practice but also to get the recognition of the Muslim communities in which they live; especially with the prevalence of Islamic awakening, these communities will not recognize bomohs who have no knowledge of medical-related Shariah injunctions, without which bomohs are bound to get entangled in superstition and trickery".

Archive 2008-01-01 Christopher 2008

Only a couple of weeks ago, I overheard two people talking (yes, I’m shameless like that), and one told the other that, while doctors had diagnosed her son as being autistic, he was really “cursed” by a jealous relative, and she was putting the medical diagnosis to one side while she consulted bomohs (shamans or medicine men) to find a cure.

Something to chew on for a while…. — Fusion Despatches 2009