This is a first, for me at least. I was already inured to Allah fishes and even Allah tomato caused only a moderate reaction in my stomach, having nothing to do with this fashionable salmonella strain that seems to inhabit some US vegetables.
What looks like the Arabic word for God and the name of the prophet Muhammad were discovered in pieces of beef by a diner in Birnin Kebbi.
The name of the file that carries the photograph of the holy meat in the linked BBC article includes a string “mysterymeat”. I think that some interested Islamic parties should sort it out with BBC. I detect a whiff of disrespect here.
But all in all, the whole issue is very encouraging, at least for me. Since the beef was blessed by Allah, I guess it is safe to say now that it will put paid to the vegetarians trying to enforce their creed on the rest of the world.
“When the writings were discovered there were some Islamic scholars who come and eat here and they all commented that it was a sign to show that Islam is the only true religion for mankind,” he said.
Yes, I see the light now! As long as my burger and my T-bone and my fried chicken are blessed, I am totally with it!
Lead me, oh chef chief of all kabobs!
Cross-posted on SimplyJews.
What if it shows up in a piece of pork? That could cause a worldwide Islamic crisis of faith!
I don’t think the same would happen if it were the name of Hashem (From the Department of Theological Redundancy Department.) We expect Him to have a sense of humor.
I see the word allah, and sometimes mohammad on used pieces of toilet paper, or mohammads face on those urinal pucks.