# Muslim Cleric Warns: Cucumbers Too Sexy For Women!

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**Created:** [December 10, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757 "2011-12-10T18:31:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757/41 "2011-12-13T12:57:16Z")

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A Jewish court.

It was all over the news (complete with outrage from [PETA](http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=397372) and [stock photos of dogs](http://honestreporting.com/sleeping-dogs-dont-lie-but-the-press-does/)), but the story was [false](http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0621/Did-a-Jerusalem-court-really-sentence-a-dog-to-death-by-stoning).

This is what happens when major news outlets get their tips from blogs. (The original blog linked to Ynet, but then it went viral and I’m willing to be no one scans Ynet or Behadrei Hadarim regularly. And apologies/corrections were very weak.) I try not to trust sensationalist stories.

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757/42 "2011-12-13T14:15:53Z")

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I don’t know about you guys, but when I’m in the produce section I’m thinking about what healthy things to get. What does this unnamed Muslim cleric think about?! :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757/43 "2011-12-13T14:20:03Z")

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…food, food’s going to leave me…

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-cleric-warns-cucumbers-too-sexy-for-women/605757/44 "2011-12-13T15:41:47Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> Believe it or not, there’s a traditional Kurdish [religion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdanism) which holds taboo the consumption of lettuce.
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> Salads in some parts of the world must be lacking indeed.

…can Dispensation be granted if there’s Anointing Oil & Balsamic on the side?

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