Islamists Issue Dire Facebook Warning: ‘Eating Tomatoes Is Forbidden Because They Are Christian’
- Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:33am by
Billy Hallowell
- Print »
- Email »
News out of the Middle East never ceases to be intriguing, bizarre and unceasingly concerning. But the story you’re about to read actually crosses into a comical sphere. The Popular Egyptian Islamic Association, a Salafist (extremist Sunni Muslims who support jihad) group out of Egypt allegedly took to its Facebook page this month to urge followers not to eat tomatoes, claiming that they are a Christian vegetable (botanically it’s a fruit).
The image of the tomato as it appeared on the group's Facebook page (Image Credit: Facebook)
According to the Now Lebanon web site, an image of a tomato cut in half was posted on the group’s page. In the picture, the insides of the vegetable appear to show what looks like a Christian cross (see above). The web site reports that the text accompanying the picture reads:
“Eating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. [The tomato] praises the cross instead of Allah and says that Allah is three (a reference to the Trinity).”
[God help us]. I implore you to spread this photo because there is a sister from Palestine who saw the prophet of Allah [Mohammad] in a vision and he was crying, warning his nation against eating them [tomatoes]. If you don’t spread this [message], know that it is the devil who stopped you.”
The image and the text spawned more than 2,700 comments and, ironically, over 400 “likes.” Now Lebanon continues, explaining what happened after the bizarre message was posted:
Predictably, Facebook users expressed outrage over the post, which prompted the group to clarify its stance on the controversy with the update, “We didn’t say you can’t eat tomatoes. We said don’t cut it in [such a way that reveals] the cross shape.”
Of course, many of the people who commented on the post simply found it hilarious. Consider this small sampling of some of the more recent statements posted on the Facebook page:
In covering the bizarre controversy, Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer joked, “Your salad could be making you into an Infidel!”
(H/T: Jihad Watch)
Popular Stories
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 687 Comments
‘Jumah at the DNC’ Speaker: ‘Muslims Visited America Prior to Columbus’ & ‘It Was a Muslim’ Who Guided Him to the ‘New World’ 536 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 455 Comments
Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’ 374 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 333 Comments
Faith
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 298 Comments- Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More
- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 310 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 202 Comments- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 148 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 301 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 298 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (178)
stloocardsfan
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:15amWhich fruit or vegetable is Allah approved?
Report Post »I guess I will have to reverse my decision to convert to Islam if I can’t have tomatoes…
ccfonten
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 1:55pmNow watch some kids who hate spinach or broccoli start a crusade against them as against Allah!!
Report Post »Will absurdity know no bounds??
Religion of stupidity and evil.
Hollywood
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 1:58pmHow about PINEAPPLES? They do resemble grenades, which should be perfectly acceptable to Islam!
Report Post »killertofu
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 2:04pmI wonder if they subscribe to the Ned Flanders fruit rule of nothing over 3 inches long… At least they wouldn’t have to worry about that one in Iran where they “don’t have any gay people”
Report Post »killertofu
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 2:06pmI wonder if they subscribe to the Ned Flanders rule of no fruit more than 3′ long…at least they wouldn’t have to worry about that in Iran where they “don’t have any gays”.
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 2:40pmMay I suggest a compromise? Why not send the Salafists a hundred cases of Pineapples. I would like to send them with instructions to PULL PIN, release lever, and wait for 15 seconds,and they will open themselves!
Report Post »Acesa
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 2:43pmIt’s the Peyote of course
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 3:16pmLol, huh? Tomatoes?
Report Post »Thomas Paine
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 4:27pmNo more Pizza for Hodgie
Report Post »Fla Del
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:30pmShows where anyone can be wrong. I thought there were no comedians in Islam.
Report Post »This guy is funny. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Book him in Vegas.
KevINtampa
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:57pmParanoid: They could be saying this because they are aware of an imminent terrorist strike involving poisoned tomatoes.
Delusional: They are right, tomatoes are Christian and Christians burn in the wrath of Allah because they eat them.
Realistic: Muslims love trolling for the lulz.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:10pmEat them nearly every day. Apparently, Muslims can eat dates, apricots, water and wheat, makes agricultural planning pretty simple.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:15amWish these religious “ sages” could tie explosives to Christianity so that Muslims would have to be forbidden to use them.
Report Post »muddpuddle
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:11amProof that Islamists have already abandoned wisdom long before rejecting the tomato….
Report Post »Proverbs 8:36, “those who hate me, love death.’
retiredguy1952
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:58amDeath to vegetables! Allahu Akbar! LOL
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:09amMakes one wonder how many of them die from stupidity every day, would guess the number is very high
Report Post »dthomps6
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:43amYour comment reminded me of the first Gulf War. Our military would parachute drop food relief boxes in Northern Iraq and about a dozen people died because the relief boxes fell on their heads. Now that’s dying from stupidity.
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 2:01pmYES, sadly, your staement is very TRUE. Many die of ignorance of Christ Jesus, who died for THEM! We need to pray for them to receive the TRUTH.
Report Post »Maranatha
Thomist5
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:03amTomato on a turkey sandwich…yum!
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:10amTomato + BACCON sandwich …. MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm! :-)
Report Post »BarryHusseinOsama
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:15amBacon, lettuce, tomato. BLT
Report Post »BlazeGlory
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:02amYou know what. Christians are baptized with water. I believe that makes water “Christian” so Islamists should stop drinking it.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:30amWell, they already have a strange aversion to bathing……
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:24amThier new [PC] says to not eat anything that Christians eat!!! All fruits,veggies,meats,grains water, tea’s,juices…. WE don havta doo anythin’! Can you say…S T A R V A T I O N ?…good!
Report Post »Link8on
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:08amMost targeting rifles have a cross on the scope site.
Most commercial fabrics cross the threads.
Most traffic lights and stop signs are at crossroads.
Wings of every planes cross the fuselage.
(: Yep , they all worship Jesus Christ :)
Report Post »Red Barr 13
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:10pmHow about a Bacon,lettuce, and tomato sandwich?
Report Post »BelindaB
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:54pmGood Point !!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:01amSounds logical to me.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:00amThis is the result of 1300 years of inbreeding.
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:24am@ Troll….Liberalism allows you to have multiple man-wives. How many do you have in hair-em?
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:35amsorry jack, posted on wrong reply button. Oh well, he/she might catch it anyway.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:11amThis has been happenning way-before Christ!
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 1:59pmNo problem, RED. Ya got me thinkin, though. Libralism = multiple man wives? Hairem – Scarem? …hmmm… :)
Report Post »CrawfishFestival2
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 4:02pmI agree with you, JackTheToad!
Report Post »Donald
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:59amWho Knew !!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Tomato
Docrow
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:58amFresh tomato just picked sliced thick with a little salt and pepper. yum yum!
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:39amOnly two things that money can’t buy…
True Love and…
Homegrown tomatoes.
Amen
Report Post »Solzhenitsin
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 1:30pmOne of the best treats of summer!
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:56amSomebody tell them that water is Christian too. They should all start trying to get to heaven faster. They are wasting time.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:28amOOOh…and when they get to THEIR heven, and alll those VIRGINS…If thy “doo’ anything…they’ll have no vergins left!! SUX TA BE THEM…don-it! Hahahahahahahahahahaha… ):-)
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:56amThey just crazier by the minute, don’t they? Good laught o start the morning, will immediatly put bacon on my shopping list and head for Farmers market to get the lovliest ‘maters I can find.
Report Post »kcsparky
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:54amDumb, blind, stupid, ignorant, dropped on their head at birth…….why it is that it seems as though Muslims are the most radical, yet, uninformed, uneducated group in the world. Hypocrites all!! Won’t allow women equal rights and consider them second class, yet will dress in women’s clothes to attack or hide and use women as bombs. Slice the tomato at a different angle and get a completely different look. Just plain untrainably ignorant!!!
Report Post »strewth_cobber
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:48amYou may be referring to the non-gender specific “Cloth Coffin”.
I’d also like to thank the peace-loving jihadist for pointing out another miracle of God’s creation. Must have been a slow day for peace-loving terrorist to come up with that ripper of a yarn!
Ps… WHERE IS SURHANSURHAN to comment and explain such ‘logic’.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:20amWhen do they have the time to learn anything…with 100%Jihad-all-the-time, and stopping everything to pray [4-times-a-day]…oh-well, back to Jihad!! Their women are wrapped-up in [body-condums/burkas] and are taught just enough to speak some language, cook, and have-and-raise kids. Their body-condum has just enough eye-slit so to follow master with his groceries/packages.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:54am“ which prompted the group to clarify its stance on the controversy”
This is weasle-ese for “I said something that displays my true stupidity. Let me tell you how YOU got it wrong.”
The Ayatollah O’Bimbo speaks weasle-ese all the time.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:54amAnd, we pray very heavily over food , dedicating all food to our God of Israel.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:52amLOL, thanks for the giggle!
Report Post »CZGUY
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:51amMaybe next they could forbid breathing air
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:34amThey already doo..”and here’s this really-nice “vest” for you togo to the market in”.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:49amI guess no more “stone soup” because that is Islamist…..
Report Post »muddpuddle
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:01amI guess they will stop driving through intersections where the roads cross at 90 degrees…..
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:08amNooooooooo! Stones are used for “tenderizing”!
Report Post »EP46
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:47amI bet someone will have a tomato on e-bay with Allah’s picture on the inside !
Oh, and the real translation of the writing beside the tomato pix is…. “Buy 2 get 1 free this Friday only”
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:31am…and the guy who took that foto will get that stone-buss prommissed him in the coran.
Report Post »Runesinger
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:45amI really need to eat more tomatoes. Besides being anti-carginogenic, here’s another reason they are good for you
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:53amThey are great to throw as well….
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:43amGreat. Now we can throw bacon and tomatoes at them. Maybe build a BLT bomb.
Report Post »joony
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:41am“[The tomato] praises the cross instead of Allah and says that Allah is three (a reference to the Trinity).”
Allah is not Jehovah. Allah is Satan.
Report Post »TROLLMONGER
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:48amProve it.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:50amNo doubt a fiendishly clever plot by the Christians! hahahahaha
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:58am@TROLLMONGER – Believe it.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:10amJack: Tim alert !
Report Post »TROLLMONGER
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:15amJack,
Prove it to me first and maybe I will take you up on that offer. I await your proof. Tick tock. Tick tock.
Report Post »GoodvsEvil
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:56amGOD IS LOVE……
Report Post »Anyone who follows allah follows lies, perversion ,violence, murder in the name of allah, kill the infidels, man -boy sex. Anyone who follows allah treats their cattle better than their women. Anyone who follows allah mutilates their womens genitals. This is how you prove allah is satan. The father of lies and hatred. GOD IS NONE OF THESE THINGS>>>>>>>GOD IS LOVE (in response to trollmaster; this is your proof)
cwrink
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:57amTrollmonger: Disprove it.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 12:18pmNo more ketchup for Abdul.
Report Post »randy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:41amHAHA WIll Lettuce be next?
You Know, Bacon, LETTUCE and Tomatoes.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:30amA Trinity!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:41amI never thought of it… but it is a Crusader Cross… where the Kingdom of Jerusalem has 1 large one in the Center (for the Capital), 4 between the limbs (as to represent Princes of Cities)!
Report Post »chnswstr
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:39amThis makes a BLT so much more tasty!!
Report Post »Brittany-Imbriaarts
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:08amIs a BLT now a holy Sandwich of Christians in the Muslims mind set now. I sure would eat more if it is true.
Report Post »dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:43amnow i’m hungry for a holy sandwich.
Report Post »