Syrian Rebels Issue Fatwa Against Croissants

Photo ~ The popular French croissant pastry now banned by a sharia rebel committee in Syria. The crescent shape is widely associated with Islam (File photo: Getty) A sharia committee linked to Islamist …More
Photo ~ The popular French croissant pastry now banned by a sharia rebel committee in Syria. The crescent shape is widely associated with Islam (File photo: Getty)
A sharia committee linked to Islamist rebels in Aleppo, Syria has issued a fatwa declaring croissants to be “haram,” that is, forbidden under Islamic sharia law.
Al Arabiya reports that the reasoning behind banning the buttery pastry is that “croissants’ crescent shape celebrates European victory over Muslims.”
A symbol widely associated with Islam, the crescent is often seen atop mosques and is emblazoned on the flags of Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania.
But according to the religious edict, Europeans eat croissants to celebrate their victory over Muslim rule.
In a list it compiled of what it called the “weirdest fatwas” of 2011, Al Arabiya wrote that in Somalia, the ultraconservative al-Shabaab al-Mujahedin Movement issued a fatwa banning Sambusak, a triangle-shaped stuffed pastry. That’s because to them, a triangle …More
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A Fatwa will be issued against shoe strings because they form crosses in the middle of the foot, which could remind all Muslims of Christianity, shoes are also considered haram because they maliciously allow the strings to cross. Anyone caught making shoes or operating a shoe store shall be stoned. In addition, a Fatwa will ban all sales of eggs because the packages hold a dozen, which will remind …More
A Fatwa will be issued against shoe strings because they form crosses in the middle of the foot, which could remind all Muslims of Christianity, shoes are also considered haram because they maliciously allow the strings to cross. Anyone caught making shoes or operating a shoe store shall be stoned. In addition, a Fatwa will ban all sales of eggs because the packages hold a dozen, which will remind all Muslims of the 12 Apostles, and the egg itself may remind one of Easter, a Christian holy day. Anyone caught raising or selling chickens will be executed like the chicken.
😈 Ahh, the fallacies of Fatwas 🤦