Family Suing Genie for Harassment

A family in Saudi Arabia is suing a "genie," accusing it of theft and harassment. Just to be clear, in Islam, a genie isn't necessarily the benevolent wish-granting entity one might imaging from the TV show "I Dream of Jeannie."

In Islamic theology, genies are spirits that can harass or possess humans. They are believed to be normally invisible but can assume human or animal form, and are often motivated by revenge or jealousy.

The head of the family, who come from Mahd Al Dahab, said:

"We began to hear strange sounds. At first we did not take it seriously, but then stranger things started to happen and the children got particularly scared when the genie started throwing stones.

"A woman spoke to me first, and then a man. They said we should get out of the house."

Genies are also known as djinn or jinn, in Islamic theology. It's unclear exactly what the court could do, in this case.