Cockerel spared after 'crowing 'Allah''

international | animal rights | other press Wednesday March 29, 2006 14:14 by pat c

Just to show that Islam isnt all doom gloom, heres a story which wont ruffle your feathers. When he heard he was going to be turned into soup a cockerel crowed "Allah". His owner then was too chicken to kill him. Theres an excerpt below and you can read the full story at the link.

pat

"Cockerel spared after 'crowing 'Allah''

A cockerel in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan has saved itself from the pot after crowing what its owner claimed was "Allah", the Arabic word for God. The two-year-old rooster was set to be turned into chicken soup after its owner, Ibragim Ismatullayev, found it to be extremely aggressive.

However, Mr Ismatullayev has said that as he put the knife to the cockerel's neck, the bird "screamed" and, on hearing this, his five-year-old son said "dad, it's saying 'Allah, Allah'." The sound of the cockerel was then recorded on a mobile phone, and its life was spared. "

Listen to the cockerel here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/stories/cockerel.ram