July 5, 2012
Holy smoke! Was it a sensitive police raid? Did the police get the blessing from the local imam? Did they take their shoes off before entering the prayer rooms? Did they wear gloves when they touched the Koran? Questions, questions: “Terror police arrest five men and a woman in dramatic raids near Olympic Stadium just [...]
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July 5, 2012
New ‘Frog Fatwa’: Amphibians Sacrosanct, Croaking Praises Allah Following the presidential victory of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Morsi, thevery first fatwa to appear by Egypt’s highest fatwa council addresses—not social, political, or economic issues in Egypt—but rather frogs. Specifically, it bans Muslims from hunting and killing frogs to sell to those nations that dine on the [...]
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