No Touching: Islamic Cleric Bans Women From Touching 'Penis-Shaped' Foods

Dec 11, 2011 - 18:38
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No Touching: Islamic Cleric Bans Women From Touching 'Penis-Shaped' Foods
No touching: Women should avoid contact with cucumbers, says an Islamic cleric

An Unconfirmed religious order saying that phallic foods may spark sexy thoughts and women should be forbidden from touching them is making its round around the Inteet.

As of Saturday night, 19,000 people had shared the Bikya Masr article through Facebook and over 3,400 had tweeted it, according to social media buttons appearing at the bottom of the post.

According to The Times of India, an Islamic cleric living in Europe said that women should not be close to bananas or cucumbers, in order to avoid any 'sexual thoughts'.

The unnamed sheikh was quoted by a news source (el-Sawsana news) saying that if women wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male relative, should cut the items into small pieces and serve.

The cleric said that these fruits and vegetables 'resemble the male penis' and could arouse women or 'make them think of sex,' in a story reported on Egyptian news website Bikya Masr.

He also added carrots and courgette to the list of forbidden foods for women.

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