Spiritual Scam Alert: ’Religious Coaches’ Exploit Faith for Profit in Morocco

Pure illusion. This is what these scammers hidden under the term "religious coach" sell. According to the daily Assabah, it is a real new phenomenon, to sow more desolation in the lives of the populations. According to the media, the signs to recognize these new sellers of illusion are nevertheless simple: they wear a nice suit adorned with a well-chosen tie, and display a broad smile. And to top it all off, they know the "99 most beautiful names of Allah" by heart.

These young people, who multiply subterfuges on a daily basis to gain notoriety and attract more clients, do not hesitate to place catchy ads. According to Assabah, the ads in question amount to a kind of program based solely on the "most beautiful names of Allah" which would "activate the higher energies". But in reality, this kind of exercise, which is supposed to give clients a completely transformed life, combining wealth and love, turns out, most of the time, to be devastating. In the end, the client, to whom the "religious coach" had even given the guarantee of "sitting next to the prophet", spends the tidy sum of 6,000 dirhams, to attract rather, sorrows and curses.

In short, the daily warns against the "trade in religion" which does not seem to have completely disappeared. As proof, the "chioukhs", "rouqat" and other specialists in the Muslim version of exorcism, who seem to disappear from circulation, are now replaced by "religious coaches" who make desolation prosper among the populations.