Islamism - 5

[G.Subramaniam]

African muslims see Allah in scales of tuna fish

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Kenyans Believe Tuna Has message from Allah
Mombasa


A tuna fish caught in the Indian Ocean last month has excited Kenyan Muslims who are flocking here by the hundreds to see a Qur’anic verse apparently embedded in its scales. Dubbed the “wonder fish” by locals in this port city, the 2,5kg tuna has attracted so much attention that it has been placed in the custody of the National Fisheries Department for safekeeping, officials said. The otherwise ordinary fish caught the attention of a fishmonger, Omar Mohammed Awadh, who pulled it out of a catch when he noticed what seemed to be Arabic writing among the scales near its tail. Arabic scholars examined the fish at Awadh’s shop and determined that the writing was a Qur’anic verse meaning “God is the greatest of all providers”, said Hassan Mohamed Hassan, an education officer with the National Museums of Kenya in Mombasa. “This has been confirmed as a verse from the holy Qur’an,” said Sheikh Mombasa Dor, the secretary-general of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya. “It is so clearly spelt,” he said, “that we believe Allah is sending a message to mankind.”