One of life's little pleasures - banned
From
yNet News:
Religious rebel committee in Syria bans croissants
A sharia committee in a rebel-held area of Aleppo issued a fatwa deeming croissants �haram� (forbidden in Islamic law) because of their �colonial� significance, the Alarabiya website reported.
Croissants� crescent shape celebrates European victory over Muslims, according to the fatwa (religious ruling).
But according to a report by the Huffington Post, which cites a French cookbook from 1938, the croissant's shape is an homage to bakers who foiled a Turkish attack on Budapest in 1686. However, the story was not verified by historians, as the first documentation of the tasty pastry appeared only by 1906.
What a petty thing to do -- and it's not like they did their research on the subject...
Posted by DaveH at August 3, 2013 9:09 PM