{"id":625,"date":"2005-10-05T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-05T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maddruid.com\/wp\/?p=625"},"modified":"2006-10-08T13:19:19","modified_gmt":"2006-10-08T13:19:19","slug":"643-of-ramadan-fools-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"[623] Of Ramadan Fool’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, according to AFP<\/a>, at least 11 embassies in Malaysia received suspicious packages.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Star of Malaysia<\/a> has a local version of it.<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

Wait, yesterday was not Ramadan. It was in fact Sha’aban<\/a>. Maybe, it should be known as Sha’aban Fool’s Day.<\/p>\n

Whatever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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