Tea-bag style prayer scam: When you drop the paper in water, it becomes 'blessed water'

'Verse papers' have been produced to make blessed water. A video showing these verse papers being placed into water has sparked backlash on social media.

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Tea-bag style prayer scam: When you drop the paper in water, it becomes 'blessed water'

A new method is added to religious fraud every day. This time, 'verse papers' have been produced to make blessed water. A video shared on social media has become a trending topic. In the video, a paper with prayers written on it that fits into a glass is seen.

These pages are produced in the size of a glass and contain verses from the Quran. Users hope that by placing these pages into a glass filled with water, the water will become "blessed" and a source of healing.

Those shared images have drawn significant backlash.

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