http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3484277.stm
What I am wondering is - if the suicide bomber dies instantly on explosion, and he or she dies before the pig lard fragments hit, does it still count? I wonder if this will actually work - I know it is a very serious matter but it seems so silly on the face of it that I actually had a good laugh.
Israeli police are to hang bags of pig lard on buses and in other public places to deter would-be Muslim suicide bombers, Israeli media have reported.
The Maariv daily said rabbinical authorities sanctioned the plan to use the product - considered impure by Jews and Muslims - if it might save lives.
According to Islamic tradition, Muslims who touch a pig before dying will be denied entry to Heaven
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Rabbi Eliezer Moshe Fisher, of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court, said there was no "halachic [Jewish law] ban on using bags of lard in buses and other places" when saving lives is concerned
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The rabbi said if police do not enact the plan, tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews will arm themselves with guns capable of spraying liquid pig lard at suspects
What I am wondering is - if the suicide bomber dies instantly on explosion, and he or she dies before the pig lard fragments hit, does it still count? I wonder if this will actually work - I know it is a very serious matter but it seems so silly on the face of it that I actually had a good laugh.
