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[623] Of Ramadan Fool’s Day

Earlier today, according to AFP, at least 11 embassies in Malaysia received suspicious packages.

The packages — which also contained compact discs and an unidentified liquid — were aimed at taking advantage of the security situation after the bomb attacks on the Indonesian island of Bali, police said.

Five missions — the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Australia — received packages on Wednesday bringing the number of missions hit by the scare to at least 11, Kuala Lumpur police chief Mustafa Abdullah told AFP.

“You have been infected with a biochemical weapon. Curse you for what you have done to the Muslim ummah,” the note in each letter said, according to the police chief.

The Star of Malaysia has a local version of it.

Usually during April Fool’s Day, some of my overzealous colleagues would remind me that April Fool’s is a western, more precisely Christian’s invention and the act of celebrating it could be considered as a sin. Well, it seems that our overzealous friends have found how to celebrate April Fool’s without collecting sins!

Wait, yesterday was not Ramadan. It was in fact Sha’aban. Maybe, it should be known as Sha’aban Fool’s Day.

Whatever.

By Hafiz Noor Shams

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