I kid you not:

HUNDREDS of Muslims are descending on a Liverpool house to witness what many are calling a miracle. Two fish are causing huge excitement among the faithful, who say they are each inscribed with holy names.

Worshippers are convinced two Oscar fish bear the names of Allah and Mohammed in their scales. Long queues have been building up outside the terraced house in Mulgrave Street, Toxteth, where the fish are being kept.

Leaders at the nearby Al-Rahma mosque in Hatherley Street, are in no doubt about the authenticity. Sheikh Sadek Kassem, the mosque’s Imam, said: “This is a proof and a sign not just to Liverpool’s Muslims, but for everyone.” The fish were bought last week from a pet store in Speke by Ali AlWaqedi, 23. He spotted a squiggle on the side of one fish that mirrored the Arabic word for God – Allah.

Then he noticed another fish, in a different tank, that seemed to bear the Arabic spelling of Mohammed, known by Muslims as Islam’s last Messenger. Ali said: “This is a message from Allah to me, a reminder, and now my faith is stronger. Everyone is so excited by the discovery.”

Andrew Chambers, a religious education teacher at Shorefields comprehensive school, said: “It’s clear that the markings match the Arabic script.”

LGF has a photo of the other fish:

Question: What if I draw a cartoon of the Allah and Mohammed fish and post it on my blog?

Update: You can watch video of the Allah fish at BareKnucklePolitics.

And there’s an Allah fish website…which has not yet been banned in Pakistan or the UAE.

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Flashbacks (hat tip: LGF commenters): So, finding Allah’s name on sea life is miraculous, but coincidental resemblances on ice cream cones…

…and sneakers…

…are blasphemous.

Get it? Me, neither.

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Related news of the bizarre: A rooster that crows “Allah.”

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Depictions of Mohammed are not allowed.
Depictions of ordinary human beings and animals are not allowed.
Depictions of mosques are not allowed.
Depictions poking fun on the prohibition of depictions are not allowed. And now, it’s images of Mecca on playing cards–or rather pictures of playing cards with images of Mecca.

Banned in Pakistan.
Banned in the UAE.

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