Sami was a witch doctor.

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

A witch hunt is under way against opposition politicians.

They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.

And that book is very interesting. Because it's about witch trials, and how people thought back then.

This was followed by a witch hunt as more than 8,777 personnel, including policemen, governors and generals were deposed.

The EU parliamentarians called the Polish government s actions a witch hunt, and Geremek declared Poland s lustration law a threat to civil liberties.

The stock exchange boom of the early 1870 s was followed by collapse in 1873 and a witch hunt for those responsible.

Some senior officials were dismissed because of their political views or ethnic or tribal background, in what was effectively a witch hunt.

I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says Yahweh of Armies.

Meanwhile, the majority of Twitter users turned the incident into a witch hunt, calling for the imprisonment of those who dared insult the ruler.

The hearings, reminiscent of Joe McCarthy s witch hunts in 1950 s America, humiliated the SLD and, in large part, compromised the entire post 1989 period.

In the first phase, America courted Mao Zedong s regime, despite the Korean War, China's annexation of Tibet, and domestic witch hunts, such as the Hundred Flowers Campaign.

As a result, the public has become increasingly bewildered as the unremitting questioning of the IPCC and its chair assumes almost witch hunting proportions in some quarters.

And We said , Take a broom in your hand and strike her with it , and do not break your vow We indeed found him patiently enduring what an excellent bondman ! He is indeed most inclined .

When Barroso, the former Portuguese prime minister, was awarded the EU post by his fellow heads of government, he appeared to be a dynamic new broom who would sweep away the cobwebs left by his predecessor, Italy s Romano Prodi.

Former generals of the secret police and members of the Communistnomenklatura, untouchable in their comfortable villas and retirements, must derive great pleasure from watching today s witch hunts and manipulation of old files for immediate political purposes.

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Plans with names like Strong Hand in El Salvador, The Broom in Guatemala, and Blue Liberty in Honduras have been created to deal with the problem, but all ignore prevention, overlook the social roots of the phenomena, and concentrate on applying force.

Citizenship tests are an integral part of this program and, in the eyes of critics, they resemble loyalty oaths and other intolerant measures traditionally associated with the anti communist witch hunts of McCarthyism in 1950 s America.

His early promise to be the EU executive body s new broom has turned into a steady as she goes captaincy, and there s the added question of whether his re appointment might turn the job into a standard 10 year post for his successors, regardless of their abilities.