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'Koranic' tuna inspires, awes Kenyan Muslims
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| May 14
Posted on 05/14/2006 7:03:43 PM PDT by Alouette
MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) - A tuna fish caught in the Indian Ocean this week has excited Kenyan Muslims who are flocking here by the hundreds to see a Koranic verse apparently embedded in its scales.
Dubbed the "wonder fish" by locals in this port city, the 2.5-kilo (5.5-pound) tuna has attracted so much attention it has been placed in the custody of the National Fisheries Department for safekeeping, officials said.
The otherwise ordinary fish caught the attention of fishmonger Omar Mohammed Awadh who pulled it out of a catch when he noticed what seemed to be Arabic writing among the scales near its tail, they said.
Arabic scholars examined the fish and determined the writing was a Koranic verse meaning "God is the greatest of all providers," said Hassan Mohamed Hassan, an education officer with the National Museums of Kenya in Mombasa.
"This has been confirmed as a verse from the Holy Koran," said Sheikh Mombasa Dor, the secretary-general of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya.
"We believe that God brings these kinds of messages in many forms from time to time and that we should not only read the Holy Book, but practice what it says," he said.
Mombasa district commissioner Mohamed Maalim agreed.
"It is so clearly spelt," he said. "That is why we believe that Allah is sending a message to mankind."
Hundreds of Muslims and curiosity seekers flocked to Awadh's Takaungu Fresh Fish Shop to see the tuna on Friday, prompting concerns for its safety and its removal to a refrigerated locker at the fisheries department.
In March Muslims flocked to see a pair of fish found in a pet shop in the British city of Liverpool which appeared to bear the words "Allah" and "Mohammed" on their scales.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fish; koran; tuna
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"It is so clearly spelt," he said.
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:03:45 PM PDT
by
Alouette
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:04:10 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 79-82)
To: Alouette
Arabic lettering, plainly visible here, reads: "Please, please, do NOT have sex with this. This means YOU, Mohammed -- !"
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:05:39 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: Alouette
post the eBay link when it goes up, OK?
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:06:10 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(It takes courage to live. Hence, the "culture of death...")
To: Alouette
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Oh, man...this has the makings of a fish-and-Jesus-in-the-taco Taco del Mar!!!
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: Alouette; mikrofon; martin_fierro
It is so clearly spelt It is so clearly smelt?
To: Alouette
And some Christians consistently see the face of Jesus in oil stains, coffee cake and tree stumps. So my question is, how come these miracle visions never appear to the Jews?
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:08:56 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Alouette
Us infidels are clearly scrod.
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:10:08 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
To: Alouette
"It is so clearly spelt," he said. He meant "smelt" (noun), surely. :)
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:10:18 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: Alouette
No word on what the verse is...
To: Alter Kaker
And some Christians consistently see the face of Jesus in oil stains, coffee cake and tree stumps. So my question is, how come these miracle visions never appear to the Jews? I once took a [CENSORED] and saw an image of Barbra Streisand in the toilet bowl.
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:11:28 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Rachel Corrie's not dead - she's taking a CAT nap.)
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:12:06 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 79-82)
To: Alter Kaker
the jews must be blind to them of course...
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:12:31 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"The Almighty God is greater than those who give Alms."
To: Alouette
My Arabic is a bit rusty, but I thought it said, "Mohammed is a jerk."
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:13:48 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Alouette
i stand corrected, confused but corrected
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:13:58 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro; Alouette
Dubbed the "wonder fish" by locals in this port city A Fish Called Wonda?
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:15:00 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Koranic - rhymes with moronic..)
To: Alouette
I heard the talking fish myself ... only he was singing. Got old after a few minutes.
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posted on
05/14/2006 7:15:24 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
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