The fatwa against women touching bananas and other stupid Islamic orders

by ASRA Q. NOMANI

There is an interesting headline moving through Muslim community listservs: “Did an Islamic cleric really ban women from touching bananas and cucumbers?”

1. A man can work with a woman to whom he’s not a brother, father, uncle, or son, if he drinks her breast milk first.
2. A husband can divorce his wife with a text message, declaring: “I divorce you. I divorce you. I divorce you.”
3. Muslim girls can’t be tomboys.
4. Mickey Mouse is a corrupting influence and must die.
5. Emoticons are illegal.
6. You can’t wear a Manchester United soccer jersey.
7. A husband and wife can’t have sex naked.
8. Pokemon is as bad as Mickey Mouse.
9. Ditch the downward dog. Yoga is forbidden.
10. Girls above the age of 13 can’t ride bikes. (See fatwa No. 3.)

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