Delicious, but haram

I used to frequent an Afghan restaurant in the Washington, DC area that was run by observant Muslims; the wall decorations included Qur’an verses and a wonderful example of Islamic supremacist fantasy: a poster of an astronaut stepping out onto the lunar surface only to find a group of smiling Muslims already there. The caption was, “Houston, we have a problem.” In any case, the food was terrific, including the samosas. Unfortunately, the place closed years ago — or perhaps fortunately for its proprietors, who would no doubt have been shocked to find that one of the most popular items on their menu was haram.

The ludicrousness of Sharia authoritarianism and Islamic anti-Christianity vividly illustrated: “Islamist group in Somalia bans samosas after deciding they’re too Western: Militants believe triangular snack ‘resembles Christian Holy Trinity,'” by Stewart Maclean for the Daily Mail, July 26 (thanks to Twostellas):