DAMMAM: It’s no secret that Saudi authorities frown heavily on “sorcerers” (aka shysters) who perform “black magic” (aka confidence rackets). According to a report recently on Al-Shams, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice shut down a shop that was selling books about the dark arts to trusted customers. Acting on a tip-off, the religious police sent in an undercover agent posing as a customer seeking books on witchcraft. The shopkeeper was arrested after falling for the sting.