{"id":2271,"date":"2004-11-23T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-23T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2004-11-23T01:03:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-23T01:03:00","slug":"2004-11-23-locust-fatwa-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2271","title":{"rendered":"Locust fatwa"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you need another proof of why putting faith in fatwas is stupid<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Faced with an invasion of locusts, the highest Islamic religious institution in Egypt has reportedly issued an edict allowing people to eat locusts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The independent al-Masri al-Yawm newspaper said al-Azhar Institute has decreed it is permitted by religion to eat the red desert locusts that have invaded the country during the past week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It said al-Azhar has urged all Egyptians to “hunt the locusts and eat them to combat the crisis.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The newspaper quoted Abdul Hamid al-Atrash, the head of the Fatwa Commission in al-Azhar, as saying eating the locusts would “contribute actively in wiping them out, instead of the fear that has consumed the hearts of millions of people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Al-Atrash said insects that feed off plants are deemed pure for human consumption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Come to think of it, this might not be true. But it sounds just plausible enough considering the drivel<\/a> that’s been spouted by Al Azhar sheikhs lately.<\/p>\n

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If you need another proof of why putting faith in fatwas is stupid<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Faced with an invasion of locusts, the highest Islamic religious institution in Egypt has reportedly issued an edict allowing people to eat locusts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The independent al-Masri al-Yawm newspaper said al-Azhar Institute has decreed it is permitted by religion to eat the red desert locusts that have invaded the country during the past week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It said al-Azhar has urged all Egyptians to “hunt the locusts and eat them to combat the crisis.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The newspaper quoted Abdul Hamid al-Atrash, the head of the Fatwa Commission in al-Azhar, as saying eating the locusts would “contribute actively in wiping them out, instead of the fear that has consumed the hearts of millions of people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Al-Atrash said insects that feed off plants are deemed pure for human consumption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Come to think of it, this might not be true. But it sounds just plausible enough considering the drivel<\/a> that’s been spouted by Al Azhar sheikhs lately.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[31,194],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}