Broads and gays. I have no idea how anyone sees “witchcraft” as a crime, or even threatening.

some weird larp some bored broads made up

That's exactly what feminism is.

Do you think Saudi Arabia outlaws 'witchcraft', 'sorcery' and 'black magic' because their government believes it's real? Of course they don't.

They outlaw that stuff because it's a magnet for people who reject the current order, and worse, it helps these people find eachother and start working together to subvert society. u/auntie_mildred has it right.

Take every twitter account with 'witch', 'witchy', 'wicca', 'druid' or 'pagan' in their bio and you'll have list of political radicals from rainbow haired commie dykes to Varg Vikernes types.

Not to discount genuine, supernatural evil:

I have always believed the provisions against witchcraft are because it is ultimately an attempt to subvert the natural order. Instead of women building homes and communities and ultimately a good culture, it diverts women to hanging out with other rejects that hate the system and want to see it twisted to their own ends. They aren't happy with their lot in our life, so they conspire to make others suffer.

I think a good modern analog for witchcraft would be feminism.

Witchcraft, at least traditionally, usually involves some kind of devil worship, and the belief that the dead can speak, both of which go against Christian teachings.