yet another Scary Muslim Email, this time supposedly about a “dry run” hijacking on Air Tran Flight 297. It’s so bad its good.

I particularly loved the way the author simply invents nonsensical Islamic jurisprudence about proper behavior in a strip club. It lends the email a touch of the surreal. The commenters at snopes.com are pretty merciless in their mockery:

If a Muslim man goes into a strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her. (don’t ask me….I don’t make the rules, but I’ve studied).

This is correct. Also, a Muslim man may:
* Steal things, as long as the person he is stealing from won't notice for at least 3 days
* Drink alcohol, as long as it is through a curly straw
* Eat pork, as long as it has mustard and is on wholegrain bread

And the discussion thread at Balloon Juice is a must-read, where they note with glee the rightwing comment that "There's far too much detail here for this to be a fabrication.”