Lamb of Allah

[Linda]

This story just in.....http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040325/od_nm/lamb_dc_1

A lamb was born with the name "Allah" on one side and "Mohammed" on the other. It's a miracle.

[Cleon]

OK, here's the thing: I read Arabic. Learned it in college.

I'm trying really hard, and I can't see "Allah" anywhere on that animal. I can see maybe a Lam (the Arabic letter for "L"), but not much else.

They don't have a picture of the "Muhammed" side, but I'd be really interested in seeing that. "Allah" is pretty basic--"Muhammed" would take a bit more doing.

But if God wrote it, he has really crappy handwriting.

[richardm]

Well, it's a step up for him to start vandalising lambs instead of aubergines.

But I must say, that sheep looks incredibly smug :D

[Luke T.]

This sounds really, really familiar.

[Brian the Snail]

Originally posted by Cleon
I can see maybe a Lam (the Arabic letter for "L"), but not much else.

The lamb has it's own name spelt on it's side? It's a miracle!!!

[Luke T.]

I'm pretty sure I saw a news story about a sheep with arabic words on it sometime last year.

[Hexxenhammer]

New avatar Luke? A lamb is a lot cuter than a bloody band-aid.

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by Hexxenhammer
New avatar Luke? A lamb is a lot cuter than a bloody band-aid.

:D

I may be thinking of even longer ago. Like just before the new millenium. Didn't a lamb appear in the Middle East right around then that had the end-of-the-world people all excited?

Does this ring a bell with anyone else?

[Hexxenhammer]

I vaguely remember something like that too.

But I may be getting it confused with the white buffalo that was born not to long ago.

[renata]

Originally posted by Luke T.
I'm pretty sure I saw a news story about a sheep with arabic words on it sometime last year.

Are you thinking of this thread? (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31629) A baby was born with a birthmark spelling out name of his uncle.

[Sanamas]

I'm pretty sure I've heard about some sort of Arabic letters inside of a tomato a few times. Also on the side of a Nike shoe.

[Cleon]

Originally posted by Luke T.


:D

I may be thinking of even longer ago. Like just before the new millenium. Didn't a lamb appear in the Middle East right around then that had the end-of-the-world people all excited?

Does this ring a bell with anyone else?

Damfino. Every couple years someone makes a big thing out of God's name in Arabic appearing on something, or the Virgin Mary appearing in a potato chip, or SOMETHING. Humans like patterns, and see them even where none exist.

[Brown]

Well, if this is the image of the Virgin Mary:
http://www.randi.org/images/031204-Clearwater.jpg
then I clearly see her in the picture. She has her hand on the lamb's butt.

[c0rbin]

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/images/2001_02/main_images/structure_images/proudtrads/bevo_400.jpg

BEVO!

[The Fool]

well I'm convinced...but then again, I fell for the mother Teresa cinnamon bun too...

[epepke]

Originally posted by Cleon
OK, here's the thing: I read Arabic. Learned it in college.

I'm trying really hard, and I can't see "Allah" anywhere on that animal. I can see maybe a Lam (the Arabic letter for "L"), but not much else.

Wasn't there an athletic shoe that was taken off the market because its logo, which was clearly in English (something like "Air Wear") looked vaguely Arabic?

[Cleon]

Originally posted by epepke


Wasn't there an athletic shoe that was taken off the market because its logo, which was clearly in English (something like "Air Wear") looked vaguely Arabic?

yeh. And actually, when I looked at it, you could see it. I doubt it was intentional, of course, but it didn't take a stretch of the imagination to see "Allah" in the way they did the lettering. To see it in the goat requires massive quantities of imagination and various pharmaceutical products.

[mummymonkey]

An exact fit I think you'll find! Allah is indeed akbar.

http://www.ibrox.freeserve.co.uk/images/allahsheep.jpg

[richardm]

I was reminded last night about an unfortunate airline whose seat coverings happened to feature something that looked like "Allah" in arabic.

Some cleric made a huge fuss because he thought it was blasphemy to have people sitting on the name of Allah on long-haul flights.

[Ed]

Yum, yum, yum. That is all I can say.
How appropriate, as we prepare to observe the passion of our (true) Lord, that we are given the opportunity to consume and excrete a symbol of a false one. My eyes mist at the irony of it.

Grilled Allah Lamb With Garlic And Rosemary Mohammad


Servings:
6-8 persons
Time to make:
120 minutes for preparing, 15 minutes for cooking

Calories per Servings:
Not Available

INGREDIENTS:


2 tbsp chopped fresh garlic
2 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
4 lb boneless sirloin lamb steaks
1/2 cup good dry red wine Merlot or Cotes-du-Rhone (n.b. Further blasphemy!!)
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
STEP BY STEP:


Chop the garlic and rosemary together to form a paste
Rub the steaks with the paste and place in a glass or stainless shallow bowl
Pour the wine and olive oil over and cover
Marinate in the refrigerator at least 2 hours or longer
Light the grill and let it burn down until it's medium hot
Sprinkle 6-8 minutes per side for medium-rare
Let the meat rest for 5 minutes before slicing
TIPS:

When grilling watch carefully, the fat tends to catch fire.

[Blondin]

Hmmm. Wasn't Yahya Atrash the same woman who claimed to see the face of Elvis in a pile of camel dung last year?

[c0rbin]

BEVO will crush the Lamb of Allah!

http://corbinrussell.com/staging/anim23.gif

[Cleon]

Originally posted by mummymonkey
An exact fit I think you'll find! Allah is indeed akbar.


Not "exact," not IMO anyway, but at least I see where they're coming from now. It's still a stretch, unless you use Paint to get the point across. :)

[CFLarsen]

Originally posted by renata


Are you thinking of this thread? (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31629) A baby was born with a birthmark spelling out name of his uncle.

The baby from U.N.C.L.E.? :D