Oh noes! Crusader tomatoes!

A tip o' the hat to reader D. M. for forwarding the link to this article.  The 'NOW Lebanon' blog reports:

A Salafist group called the Popular Egyptian Islamic Association has come under fire after sending out a warning on Facebook urging its followers not to eat tomatoes because the vegetable (or fruit) is a Christian food.

The group posted a photo on its page of a tomato - which appears to reveal the shape of a cross after being cut in half – along with the message: “Eating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. [The tomato] praises the cross instead of Allah and says that Allah is three (a reference to the Trinity).

[God help us]. I implore you to spread this photo because there is a sister from Palestine who saw the prophet of Allah [Mohammad] in a vision and he was crying, warning his nation against eating them [tomatoes]. If you don’t spread this [message], know that it is the devil who stopped you.”

There's more at the link.

Next up:  warnings from Hindu fundamentalists that Hindus should not eat beefsteak tomatoes for fear of offending sacred cows!





Peter