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  • Muslim jailed for killing British queen’s swan to break fast

    11/22/2006 3:55:53 PM PST · by voletti · 85 replies · 3,490+ views
    daily times pakistan ^ | 11/22/06 | AFP
    LONDON: A Muslim man who was so hungry while fasting during Ramazan that he killed a swan to eat was jailed for two months at a court in Britain on Wednesday. Shamsu Mian (52) killed the mute swan at a boating pond in Llandudno on September 25 – only the second day of fasting in Britain. All mute swans in Britain belong to the sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, a historical quirk dating from the 12th century. When challenged by police, Mian said, “I am a Muslim, I am fasting, I needed to eat.” Llandudno Magistrates Court heard that Mian had...