whoever told you was pulling your leg funny story from 2 years ago. i was at iftar at an area masjid/musala . i noticed the imam (palestinian, actually did his hifq in masjid al aqsa), his brother, and a couple other palestinian/jordanian brothers were off in the corner. he saw me and called me over. they were sharing a pot of maqluba and he offered me some (really good stuff). in his words: "i love out bakistani brothers basil, but the sbicyness just gets to me ya rubb, so i brought this from home"