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| 20,000 Egyptians flock to visit miracle calf |
| 2006-02-20 |
| Thousands of people flocked to southern Egypt on Monday to seek blessing from a calf that they believe was born as God's reply to the publication in Europe of cartoons depicting the Prophet, police said. Some 20,000 thousand people had gathered in front of Mohammed Abu Dif's house in the village of Tunis to see the holy mammal, whose skin folds when he was born reportedly formed the words "There is no God but Allah", a police official said on condition of anonymity. He said that the villagers flocked from all over the southern governorate of Sohag to the farmer's house and had to be dispersed by police, who feared that the gathering could get out of control. Witnesses said that they believed that the calf was "Allah's response to current attacks against Islam", the official said. He was referring to the publication in a Danish daily five months ago of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, which is banned in Islam. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Hmmm ... seem to remember another religious calf in Egypt a while back ... on the Sinai I think it was. |
| Posted by: too true 2006-02-20 17:19 |
| #4 Well, this is certainly a new wrinkle. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-02-20 17:16 |
| #3 Thousands of people flocked to southern Egypt on Monday to seek blessing from a calf... Moooooooooo-hammed... now get lost and leave me alone. |
| Posted by: Mo the Magic Muslim Cow 2006-02-20 11:28 |
| #2 I have a pig with a birthmark that says "Mo was a Paedo"... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-02-20 11:21 |
| #1 Jeez, Madonna wears a dress with quotes from the Q*Ri'anne and muslims go ballistic. Why isn't this calf being stoned to death? |
| Posted by: BH 2006-02-20 10:41 |