title: How could I escape a & in Haml so that it compiles to & instead of &amp;? (Haml noob)
body: <p>I am trying to use the Icomoon icon font with Haml and can't seem to find a way to escape the <code>&amp;</code> so that it stays just an <code>&amp;</code> instead of <code>&amp;amp;</code>.</p>
  
  <p>The Icomoon font allows you to use HTML entities with a data-icon="" attribute. Works smooth as butter in HTML and even in a Haml file if I just do a straight HTML link.</p>
  
  <p>However, since I'm learning Haml I thought I'd see if anyone on here would like to recommend the best way to approach this. </p>
  
  <p>Here's a sample of what happens.</p>
  
  <p>This is the original Haml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>%a(href='/posts' data-icon="&amp;#x0026" aria-hidden='true')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is how it compiles:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a aria-hidden='true' data-icon='&amp;amp;#x0026' href='/posts'&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is how it needs to compile for the icon font to work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a aria-hidden='true' data-icon='&amp;#x0026' href='/posts'&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and here is a codepen where you can see how the icon renders due to the amp; addition: <a href="http://codepen.io/dandenney/pen/3/6" rel="nofollow">http://codepen.io/dandenney/pen/3/6</a></p>