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You knew that the heated competition between street food vendors is getting increasingly acrimonious, but did you know that it's tearing families apart? Over the weekend, a Midtown Lunch reader spotted this sign on 45th Street advertising newcomer Fahima Halal Food, which is declaring its food to be Halal-of-a-lot-better than nearby vendor Kwik Meal.

All "halal" broke loose in the Financial District around 6 p.m. Friday when, according to the Post, a street vendor rolled his food cart into a five-months-pregnant rival. The victim, Asmaa Abdelaal, says the incident was sparked by rumors that she'd been unfaithful to her husband; she tells the tabloid she was holding her 7-month-old daughter when the unnamed vendor "started saying terrible things about me, about how my daughter is not from my husband and how I sleep with all kinds of men. And then suddenly he pulled the wooden lever from under his cart and the cart rolled into the street, hitting us." After being knocked to the ground, the 24-year-old chicken-and-rice vendor was taken to New York Downtown Hospital and treated for back and side pain. But other vendors around Cedar Street say Abdelaal was the one at fault. One man, Eman Libelebide, tells the Post, "She wanted to get him in trouble. All the customers come to him. She gives me trouble, too."