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Old July 27, 2011, 12:27 AM
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Default Samosas banned in Somalia because......

...their shape may resemble the trinity...

i dont whether to laugh or cry.....

Also hundreds of thousands of Somalis are starving and the extremists are not allowign aid agencies in their territory. It may sound cliched, but it saddens me that i see tonnes of food wasted every week, and yet so many people are starving....



A powerful Muslim extremist group in Somalia banned samosas in the country because their three sides may remind people of the Christian Holy Trinity.
Members of Al-Shabaab recently boarded trucks with loudspeakers and announced that the popular pastries are banned in the country, UPI reported. The group did not fully explain its decision to ban the snack that is often filled with minced meats and vegetables, but witnesses told a local paper that their ubiquitous three-cornered shape may invoke thoughts on the Holy Trinity, according to the report.
The Islamic militant group, which controls wide swaths of the country, bans music and watching sports on TV.
The ban comes at a time where 800,000 children could die in a famine that reaches across the Horn of Africa. Aid workers are rushing to bring help to dangerous and previously unreached regions of drought-ravaged Somalia.
The United Nations estimates that more 11 million people in East Africa are affected by the drought, with 3.7 million in Somalia among the worst-hit because of the ongoing civil war in the country.
Somalia's prolonged drought became a famine in part because neither the Somali government nor many aid agencies can fully operate in areas controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants, and the U.N. is set to declare all of southern Somalia a famine zone as of Aug. 1.


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Old July 27, 2011, 12:37 AM
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When millions are starving to death, all they care about geometry !!
Bl**dy change the shape then.
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Old July 27, 2011, 12:45 AM
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Guys have you noticed the first comment of this article
It says ==> "Zionist Propaganda Stop lieing to people"
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Old July 27, 2011, 12:54 AM
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Make 'em square. Or crescent if it matters so much.
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Old July 27, 2011, 12:59 AM
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WTF!!! Next time they will ban mathematics for the '+' sign!!!

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Old July 27, 2011, 02:37 AM
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Guys have you noticed the first comment of this article
It says ==> "Zionist Propaganda Stop lieing to people"
Well everything is Zionist propaganda to some people At this point i am inclined to believe the reports are true as the Somali "Al Shabab" group are morons who have even claimed the famine is not happening and is a propaganda by the West
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Old July 27, 2011, 03:23 AM
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Didnt expect anything logical from the Pirates of the Indian Ocean.

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Old July 27, 2011, 06:32 AM
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Why on earth would a hungry, no a starving person care for the shape of one's food? They're not really the people known for their great morals, so why do they care about Zionism?
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Old July 27, 2011, 09:06 AM
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Isn't it kinda same as changing red cross to red crescent?
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Mashallah!! Islami ummah is in strong hands.
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Samosa jokhon banned korse tahole Shingara-o banned korse money hoi...
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Old July 27, 2011, 02:05 PM
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Samosa jokhon banned korse tahole Shingara-o banned korse money hoi...
As long as it isn't in perfect symmetry . . .
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Old July 27, 2011, 02:36 PM
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Samosa jokhon banned korse tahole Shingara-o banned korse money hoi...
shingarar bhuri asey boley bechey gesi,tacharao oi deshey shingara nai.
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In Somalia do they have dunkin... nevermind
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Old July 27, 2011, 07:54 PM
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The damn country has the shape of a samosa, why not get out of there? Oh sorry! then they can't hijack oil tankers from Suez.
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Old July 27, 2011, 09:20 PM
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People cant have bath, proper sanitation yet busy thinking the shape of samosa would purify their holly spirit?! What a shame! Muslim is the only tag these fanatics can wear on in their lifetime to feel good and their existence. And the average people? always become hostage, have to suffer, and pay the price since human being born on this planet [time to time].
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Old July 28, 2011, 05:52 PM
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I don't know if this news is true or not but it's really hard to believe and quite funny aswell (not for somalians) to banned somasas cause it resembles Christian holy trinity.Wow
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Old July 28, 2011, 08:43 PM
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Btw its not all of somalia, only the parts these nutcases contol.

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Old July 28, 2011, 11:01 PM
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Does anyone know of muslims are really forbidden to eat stuff shaped like the trinity or other shapes?
I think muslims are forbidden from pork and alcohol...i.e. a cold beer with a pepperoni pizza will put you in serious trouble after you are dead, but not aware of any restrictions on food shapes as well.
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Old July 29, 2011, 12:26 AM
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Does anyone know of muslims are really forbidden to eat stuff shaped like the trinity or other shapes?
I think muslims are forbidden from pork and alcohol...i.e. a cold beer with a pepperoni pizza will put you in serious trouble after you are dead, but not aware of any restrictions on food shapes as well.
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Old July 29, 2011, 04:46 AM
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Does anyone know of muslims are really forbidden to eat stuff shaped like the trinity or other shapes?
I think muslims are forbidden from pork and alcohol...i.e. a cold beer with a pepperoni pizza will put you in serious trouble after you are dead, but not aware of any restrictions on food shapes as well.
Are you being serious...
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Old July 29, 2011, 05:29 AM
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Old July 29, 2011, 08:18 AM
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Are you being serious...
Yes I am serious. There are several mention that prohibits intoxicants as well as multiple hadith banning alcohol. So as far as I know it is therefore strictly forbidden. (although I hear stories that it will be readily available, may be physically or spiritually or some other form if you go to heaven).

As for the trinity shaped samosa, I can't still figure out why it should be prohibited.
I know trinity is not cool in Islam and you are doomed if you believe in it
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Qur...seer/5-73.html
but I still do not see any explicit verse or hadith that prohibits that we eat something shaped like trinity. 'Maybe' we should not eat something shaped like something that muslims should not believe in what it symbolizes, but still not clear if that is the case here.
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Old July 29, 2011, 03:48 PM
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but I still do not see any explicit verse or hadith that prohibits that we eat something shaped like trinity. 'Maybe' we should not eat something shaped like something that muslims should not believe in what it symbolizes, but still not clear if that is the case here.
Of course there is nothing wrong in eating Samosas, at all

Dont bring "maybes" in cases when Islam is crystal clear.
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