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Days after releasing a report linking processed meat to cancer, the World Health Organization has unveiled a disturbing new study that examined the dietary habits of individuals from countries around the world and determined that people who consume a high amount of falafel and other chickpea-based food items are at significantly higher risk of being involved in an intractable religious or sectarian conflict.
Our studies found that test subjects who consumed falafel or hummus three times a week or more were more likely to establish a caliphate, be beheaded due to their belief in a hidden imam, or live in a makeshift trailer in an illegal settlement outpost in the Judean hills out of a heartfelt believe that its the will of God, the WHO noted in their report. Anyone looking to reduce their risk of such outcomes is urged to consider eliminating ground chickpeas from their diet immediately.
The revelation came as a shock to many falafel lovers, who were unaware of any connection between consumption of the Middle Eastern street food and religious radicalization.
I always wondered why, after moving from London to Iraq, my interests began shifting from birdwatching and rap music to beheading Christians and Yazidis, explained former ISIS member Jihadi John. Now it all makes sense.
http://www.themideastbeast.com/world-health-organization-links-falafel-and-hummus-to-religious-fanaticism/
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)And sharpening knives.....
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I have been eating a lot of hummus lately. Smile.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)about there actually being a hell some of our so-righteously religious acquaintances would undoubtedly end up in?
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)You think that's hummus you're eating?
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)chopsticks with my Falafel or Hummus.... WHO knew??
Igel
(35,323 posts)Reinforced them, no doubt.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)That's what is served at my family's get togethers right before they launch into taking America back from the Kenyan in the White House.