'Koranic' tuna inspires, awes Kenyan Muslims

AFP ^ | May 14

[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.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I think its says: "Not kosher, tastes like goat"

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Great minds...

[AndrewC]

You read my mind.(or I yours!)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

LOL!

[Deut28]

The real question is, if someone makes a cartoon of this tuna, will there be a riot?

[Charles Henrickson]

"Sorry, Charlie, only the blest tuna for Stark-Raving Muzzies!"

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[AngrySpud]

Uh-oh. Billions of tuna have been caught by infidels. Surely some of the tuna have had unnoticed Koranic verses. After processing, the skin and offal were either fed to hogs or turned into fertilizer.

[Sender]

Moon-Kist® doesn't want tuna with good taste; Moon-Kist® wants tuna that amazes the illiterate masses.

[null and void]

So, now they worship a fish?

[sageb1]

"Wait'll they see the koranic pig."

Photoshop anyone?

[CheyennePress]

They did tell us what it said God is the greatest of all providers. Is that the same fish in your post?

Actually, the provider line is just what the dude said in response to plucking the fish out of nature. The actual verse is about God being greater than those who give alms. I had to look it up on another news source. The picture that I posted is of the fish being discussed in this news story, with the man pointing at the "text."

[1066AD]

Or Burger King ice creams autographed by Allah.

[CheyennePress]

Nevermind, you're right. I just found the image of the fish with another translation of the same verse.

I'm not doing so hot on this one. ;) But I did find the fish text. Guess my Arabic ain't up to snuff. :)

[BenLurkin]

If you give a man a fish you can feed him for a day.

Unless he thinks it is a holy fish in which case he will keep on going hungry.

[Alter Kaker]

The majority of Jews have fallen away in faith.

Is finding the Pope in a pizza really faith or is it just bizarre?

[sheik yerbouty]

I see stupid people everywhere..

[Son Of The Godfather]

Damn, ya beat me to it. ;)

[RoadTest]

"It is so clearly spelt," he said.
He meant "smelt" (noun), surely. :)"

And spelt is eaten to promote bowel movement!

[Convert from ECUSA]

Hmmmmm....there is no flounder but allah and tuna is his prophet..........