And why exactly do Muslims get better jail food?

"Brown's Islamic Conversion," from [1] PR Inside, with thanks to Nick:

Former STONE ROSES frontman IAN BROWN told prison authorities that he was Muslim so he could get better food in jail.

The rocker, who in 1999 served two months in a Manchester, England, jail for threatening an air stewardess, didn't fully convert to Islam - he just wanted to eat the food on the Muslim menu.

Brown says, "My sister bought me the Koran in 1990. I always thought the stories in it were magical.

"So I'd already had a love affair with it, but when I got in jail the first day, I saw what everyone else was eating. I didn't know what the f**k was in the pies, but the lads said if you were Muslim you got chickpeas, lentils, rice, chicken curry on a Friday.

"So I said my religion was Muslim."

If Brown is no longer saying he's a Muslim, I hope he has hired a few bodyguards.