Fatwa Declares Origami a Gateway to Idolatry

The Fatwa Directorate for Sacred Simplicity has banned the Japanese art of origami, calling it "the flirtation of fingers with forbidden forms." Clerics argue that folding paper into birds, frogs, or even geometric shapes is an imitation of divine creativity. Art students are being required to unfold all previous projects and repent. Only rectangles with religious text may now be folded � and only into cubes, representing submission. One cleric warned, "A paper crane today is a paper rebellion tomorrow." A headline read, "Even <a href='https://bohiney.com/ayatollah-khomeini-approves-tesla/'>Ayatollah Khomeini saw an origami lotus � and issued three condemnations</a>." Libraries must now label origami books as "sorcery manuals." Anyone caught folding paper in public will be sentenced to straighten carpets for 40 days.