Sweetness & Light draws our attention to a MEMRI dispatch explaining a serious dispute in Egypt among the holy men of Islam: on drinking the Prophet's urine (or any other excretions) . From L. Azuri's article for MEMRI: An uproar in the Egyptian media followed the recent publication of a book by Egyptian Mufti Dr. Ali Gum'a in which he claimed that the companions of the Prophet Muhammad would drink his urine to be blessed.Muhammad, I have been told by many Muslims, is the most perfect man, a model for all eternity.  But this fatwa led to a firestorm, in which many attacked Gum'a, some demanding his prosecution for harming Islam.The fatwa provoked strong objections on the part of the Egyptian religious establishment. Leading Al-Azhar and Religious Endowments Ministry officials stated that Gum'a's conclusions were mistaken even though they were based on Islamic sources. They added that his claims were inappropriate for the modern era and that they only caused embarrassment...(Read Full Post)