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From: abaza@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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Subject: Re: A question about Ginnies/Angels?
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Date: 24 Aug 90 18:13:14 GMT
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In article <1990Aug24.050946.14986@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes:
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>I was once told that muslims believe in the existance of purely spiritual
>beings, that are popularly known as ginnies.  Is this true, or are ginnies
>more part of Arab folklore, like say dwarves/elves or vodniks are part of 
>Germanic or Slavic folk-traditions.
>
>dennis
>kriz@skat.usc.edu

Ginnies is a part of the muslim creed (belief). The fact is the satan is
one of them. Other ginnies were used by Solomon, in the same way as Solomon
(Sulaiman PBUH) used and talked to the animals.
I cannot confirm but I was hearing alot about people in the middle east can
still use the ginnies. I saw many people that claimed their usage.