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Clerics rule besieged Damascus residents may eat dogs
BBC ^
| 15 October 2013 Last updated at 11:09 ET
| Sebastian Usher
Posted on 10/15/2013 5:31:08 PM PDT by haffast
A group of Syrian clerics have issued a ruling - or fatwa - allowing people living in besieged suburbs of Damascus to eat meat that is normally forbidden.
In a video, the Muslim clerics said people could eat cats, dogs and donkeys to stave off hunger.
The fatwa comes amid reports of starvation in the besieged, rebel-held Damascus suburb of Muadhamiya.
Aid agencies have urged the government to allow humanitarian supplies to the area, where many residents are trapped.
Hundreds of civilians, some carried on stretchers, were able to flee Muadhamiya at the weekend following a temporary ceasefire.
'Absurd situation'
In a message to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha - normally a time for celebration and feasting - the religious leaders authorised those left in the Ghouta agricultural belt around Damascus to eat animals usually considered unfit for human consumption in Islam.
The clerics said it was a cry for help to the whole world, adding that if the situation continued to deteriorate, the living would have to eat the dead.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: damascus; fatwa; islam; israel; lebanon; muadhamiya; muslim; russia; syria; waronterror
Update on the Syrian front.
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:31:08 PM PDT
by
haffast
To: haffast
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:31:49 PM PDT
by
seeker41
(take your country back by whatever means necessary)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:32:29 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: haffast
So is that to say that Osama Obama did it *without* the consent of his moslem masters?
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:32:34 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
To: haffast
i smell another multimillion dollar obama vacation
To: haffast
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:37:02 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: haffast
Then they’ll accept aid from the Congo. Interesting.
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:40:26 PM PDT
by
familyop
To: haffast
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:43:00 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: haffast
China could even send aid.
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posted on
10/15/2013 5:43:09 PM PDT
by
familyop
To: haffast
rebel-held area..surprise....
To: haffast
Good. Maybe they will stop eating Christians now.
To: haffast
I wish our cops had to eat the dogs they shoot.
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posted on
10/15/2013 6:10:22 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: haffast
Welcome to the 13th century.
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posted on
10/15/2013 6:12:53 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: haffast
At least they didn’t blame it on the TEA Party.
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posted on
10/15/2013 6:22:30 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Ted Cruz is settled law.)
To: All
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posted on
10/15/2013 6:26:19 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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