Israel Matzav

Where is the flotilla when you need it?

Syrians are starving to death, but no one cares because there is no way to blame the Jews. That's the only conclusion I can draw from this report, which says that a fatwa has been issued that allows starving Syrians to eat cats and dogs.

As Muslims around the world mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, sharing festive meals, children trapped in besieged areas around the Syrian capital are going hungry, activists and medics say.

In some areas children have died from severe malnutrition, according to one NGO, and a cleric told AFP he had issued a religious ruling allowing the eating of dog and cat meat.

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Speaking to AFP on the eve of Eid, a cleric in southern Damascus said a man in his area recently ate dog meat out of desperation.

“We issued a religious edict allowing people to eat dog and cat meat. Not because it is religiously permitted, but because it is a reflection of the reality we are suffering,” said Sheikh Saleh al-Khatib, who has been on hunger strike for nine days.

“People here have nothing for their children. I am on strike because I want to help save food for others.”

JPost adds:

“How does the world sleep with full stomachs while there are hungry people, and not far from the main city [Damascus],” said a leading imam originally broadcasted by the Southern Damascus Media Office.

The Imam went on to say that while Muslims were busy on the pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca, “there are people who died from hunger.”

“Haven’t you heard the fatwas that have filled our streets and mosques by permitting people to eat cats, dogs and other animals that have already been killed by the bomb attacks?” he said according to the report.

He added, “Are you waiting for us to eat the flesh of our martyrs and our dead after fearing our lives?”

A fatwa permitting the eating of cats, dogs, and donkeys was also issued by an imam in the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus, which has been under siege, according to a report in the London-based daily Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday.

Maybe President Obama can at least send them some recipes.  He's not sending anything else.

Labels: dogs, fatwa, Syria, Syrian uprising

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:24 PM