tawiz

He pulled out his wallet and removed a square of folded white paper that was laminated with plastic — a tawiz from a mystic he trusted in Pakistan.

Prophetic Justice 2006

He pulled out his wallet and removed a square of folded white paper that was laminated with plastic — a tawiz from a mystic he trusted in Pakistan.

Prophetic Justice 2006

He said the supplication could be a tawiz — an amulet with a prayer carried as protection against evil.

Prophetic Justice 2006

Cote was dismissive of an expert for the defense, Anita Weiss, a professor at the University of Oregon who had testified that Pakistanis commonly carry a tawiz to ward off evil, much the way Jews place a mezuzah outside their door.

Prophetic Justice 2006

He said to me that he was surprised the prosecution had made such a big deal out of the prayer, because almost everyone in Pakistan carried a tawiz.

Prophetic Justice 2006

He said the supplication could be a tawiz — an amulet with a prayer carried as protection against evil.

Prophetic Justice 2006

He said to me that he was surprised the prosecution had made such a big deal out of the prayer, because almost everyone in Pakistan carried a tawiz.

Prophetic Justice 2006

Cote was dismissive of an expert for the defense, Anita Weiss, a professor at the University of Oregon who had testified that Pakistanis commonly carry a tawiz to ward off evil, much the way Jews place a mezuzah outside their door.

Prophetic Justice 2006

When a widower marries a second time his wife sometimes wears a _tawiz_ or amulet in the shape of a silver box containing charms round her neck in order to ward off the evil machinations of her predecessor's spirit.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

I think she assumed she could take on the tawiz herself during the cross-examination and debunk the prosecution expert’s interpretation herself.

Islam on Trial? 2006