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into English. He should be commended on his investigative work. He published all this in a book called Matzo of Zion, which is now being made a movie and may have Omar Sharif, who played the lead role in the movie Dr. Zhivago, play the part of Father Thomas. Dr. Tlass describes the investigation:
"The investigator said, 'You have mentioned in your testimony that the Jews extracted the blood of Christians and used it to make bread. It is known by your belief that blood is not clean, and is forbidden by your religion even when taken from lawfully slain animals. It is not lawful to use blood… There exists a contradiction between blood being impure and forbidden, and that of its being lawful if taken from a Christian human being, especially to make the bread for the holy day. Is there any logical or convincing proof which will explain this contradiction?'
"Al-Muslimani [a Jewish convert to Islam] answered, 'The Talmud says that there are two kinds of blood pleasing to God. The blood of Passover, and the blood of circumcision.'
"Rabbi Jacob [the head Rabbi of Syria] added, 'God loves two kinds of blood, the Passover sacrificial blood, and the blood of circumcision.'
"[Investigator] Chubli Ayub responded, 'We do not understand very well how it is permissible to use human blood?'
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