KENYA'S KORANIC FISH DISAPPEARS

Tuna fish said to be inscribed with Koranic verse goes missing

Remember the Fish That Save Pittsburgh? Looks like Kenya won't be lucky enough to enjoy the same fate.



BBC: Kenya's Koranic fish disappears

A fish with markings that resembled a Koranic text has disappeared from the Kenyan Fisheries Department in Mombasa.

The tuna fish, which had provoked intense interest from Muslims, was apparently stolen by people posing as National Museum officials.

The theft was discovered when the real official from the museum, based at Fort Jesus in Mombasa, came to get the fish.

The fish was being studied to find out if the Arabic inscription "You are the best provider" was natural or a hoax.

Sceptics say the writing was the work of someone who caught the fish and then threw it back into the sea.

But others say this would be impossible, and local imams are said to have been talking in the mosques about the fish.