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Saudi imam issues fatwa against Brussels sprouts
Firebrand cleric speaks out against “satanic-tasting green evil”
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Turfa
December 27, 2014 at 2:48 pm
My brain is aching reading this! This fatwa is based on a vegetable head! That is all I can say.
Tony Mccarthy
December 29, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Probably made the fatwa against sprouts because they make you fart a lot. Imagine kneeling behind someone at prayers who had eaten a lot of sprouts,
jonathan
December 30, 2014 at 1:04 pm
Lunatic!!
oakjer
December 31, 2014 at 5:57 am
This is my least favorite imam
Sharon Peters
December 31, 2014 at 7:55 pm
The Imam needs to be introduced to W.C. Fields: “Ah, yes! Little farts in cheese sauce.”
Agricltural Pedant, and general bore
January 4, 2015 at 10:23 am
The sprout of yester-year, responsible for the current loathing of the little green gem-like vegetables was a bitter, tough little blighter.
Modern farming and selective bio-engineering have created a sweet masterpiece.
What this cleric chap needs to focus on is vegetarians.