Annals of jurisprudence: "A Shariah court in the town of Mahd Al-Dahab is taking up an important question: Can genies be summoned . . . to appear before a judge? According to Wednesday's Al-Watan newspaper, a family has filed a lawsuit against an unnamed genie for stealing mobile phones, sending threatening voice messages through mobile phones imploring the family to move away and pelting family members with stones when they go out at night." Reached for comment, the genie claimed to be unaware of the mobile phone shenanigans, saying, "If that had happened, I would know about it."