Islamic cleric bans women from touching bananas to avoid sexual thoughts

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Islamic cleric of Europe bans women from touching bananas

http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2011/12/islamic-cleric-of-europe-bans-women.html

9.12.11

Islamic cleric of Europe bans women from touching bananas

Islamic cleric bans women from touching bananas

TNN
The Times of India
Dec 7, 2011, 06.14 pm IST

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Indraprasth aka New Delhi - An unnamed Islamic cleric based in Europe
has issued a ban on women touching fruits and vegetables resembling
the male sexual organ to avoid "sexual thoughts".

The Egyptian news website Bikya Masr on Wednesday quoted the cleric
whose diktat featured in an article on el-Senousa, a religious
publication. The cleric has said that women should not even get close
to bananas or cucumbers. "If women wish to eat these food items, a
third party, preferably a male related to them such as their a father
or husband, should cut the items into small pieces and serve," the
cleric dictated.

According to the cleric, bananas and cucumbers "resemble the male
penis" and therefore could arouse women or "make them think of sex."
The cleric also added carrots and zucchini to the list of forbidden
foods for women.

The news about this latest diktat against women went viral on the web
with liberal Muslims feeling enraged and embarrassed. Repression of
women in ultra-conservative Islamic societies has been an intense
subject of debate throughout the world.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/mad-mad-world/Islamic-cleric-bans-women-from-touching-bananas/articleshow/11020659.cms

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