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Israel: A loony fundie from Israel has proposed hanging bags of pig fat in buses to deter Muslim suicide bombers who may want to avoid contact with an unclean
animal.
The idea — suggested by Rabbi Eliezer Fisher, a rabbinical judge, in a letter to police — signaled the extremes to which some Israelis may be willing to go to stop Palestinian bombers who have killed hundreds of Israelis in recent years.
Judaism, like Islam, considers pigs unclean. But the ultra-Orthodox rabbi has ruled that special dispensation can be given for placing bags of lard in buses and public places in an effort to prevent attacks.
Police had no immediate comment on the proposal.
As usual, the loony fundie faction are pig ignorant, pun intended, and not big fans of fact checking. But that could be because they'd actually have to talk to someone outside the sheltered walls of their religious sect.
Asked about the deterrent capability of pig fat on Israeli buses, Palestinian sources called it an exercise in futility. Islamic militants are told by those who send them on bombing missions that their souls enter Paradise instantly after they explode despite any contamination or defilement of their bodies.
Rabbi Urges Pig Fat on Buses to Stop Muslim suicide bombers - Reuters, 13th February 2004.
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