Aleppo rebel religious committee forbids ‘colonial’ croissants Posted on 07/31/2013 7:50:22 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Aleppo rebel religious committee forbids ‘colonial’ croissants
A sharia committee in a rebel-held area of Aleppo issued a fatwa deeming croissants ‘haram’ (forbidden in Islamic law) because of their “colonial” significance, pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on Tuesday.
Croissants’ crescent shape celebrates European victory over Muslims, according to the fatwa (religious ruling).
Rebel-controlled areas of the Syrian city have experienced several strict fatwas recently from Islamic sharia committees.
Such edicts are uncommon in Aleppo’s society, which usually adheres to moderate Islamic teachings, Asharq al-Awsat reported.
A sharia committee in the city issued a fatwa on Facebook prohibiting “Muslim women wearing makeup and tight clothes that reveal physical features from going out.”
A fatwa issued by the Council of the United Judiciary, affiliated with the rebel Free Syrian Army, stipulated a year in jail for anyone not fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.
Samir Nashar, a member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, called on the FSA to unite its forces in Aleppo and work to prevent the expansion of these committees.
There are civil movements resisting the extremist tendencies of such committees, he told Asharq al-Awsat.
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Croissants’ crescent shape celebrates European victory over Muslims, according to the fatwaYeah, that's pretty much true of all food, so you'd better stop eating, you rinky-dink dipshits.
bookmark and two thubs up!
he is such a bull...frog
LOL
Rumor has it that Charles had already pre planned a tour of all of our Middle East Embassies this weekend before this SHUTDOWN was announced
COINCIDENTAL?? I think not!
This doesn’t surprise me. I’ve been saying for years that croissants were invented to commemorate Poland’s victory over the Turks at Vienna, in 1683. Remember that, the next time you have a Burger King croissandwich!
So, if the Turks had won, it would be served at Burger Caliph? ;’)
Are these folks related to the people who want to ban the term "citizen and brown-bag"? There's something soooooo unattractive about thin-skinned cultures...
How thirteenth century of them!
/bingo
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