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Maybe they needed a Muslim exorcist?


This was a Demon from Iraq after all. That Catholic ritual didn't do much other than get two people killed. What do you think?

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There were the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh occurring in the Old Testament which was then Mesopotamia, long before the advent of Islam as well as Christianity, and now Iraq. Pazuzu is an ancient Assyrian pagan demon. The demon was seeking up Fr. Merrin on purpose, haunting him.

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