One of the favorite topics of conversation amongst my friends and I is whether certain foods are haram (forbidden, like pork) or makruh (discouraged). Our case study is usually lobster, but it seems God hates shrimp. Glad to see we’re not the only ones contending with this issue. Like I said before, we can’t see the Muslim the community in a vacuum.
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Isn’t that site a parody?
bahut mazaa aa rahi hai. extremely jocular my friend. tongue is firmly in the cheek. now forgive, there’s a lobster waiting in my kitchen.