An alleged fatwa banning women from touching bananas and cucumbers is making the rounds through Muslim listservs. The religious directive forbids women from handling bananas or cucumbers, because ...

An Islamic cleric living in Europe reportedly has warned Muslim women not to get too close to bananas, cucumbers or other produce -- to avoid having “sexual thoughts.” The unnamed cleric, whose ...

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