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February 14, 2006
Misdirected Muslim Outrage
"1) The Koran In A Toilet story, as dispersed by Newsweek. Wholescale riots swept the world, with demands for apologies and that the offending parties be turned over to Islamic courts for trial.2) The infamous UK Burger King Ice Cream Lid incident. Burger King sold some ice cream with a lid that featured a stylized drawing of an ice cream cone. Because if you rotated the lid 90 degrees, it had a vague resemblance to the name 'Allah' in Arabic, British Muslims were outraged. BK apologized and withdrew the lids.
3) The Muslim obsession with the foot as unclean has led to some interesting stories. For example, I recall one account of a sneaker whose tread left a mark resembling the word Allah that got some Muslims incensed. Or Nike recalling a bunch of shoes because the stylized flames on the toes resembled Allah's name.
4) Back in 1992, Yokohama had to recall a bunch of tires whose tread -- designed to improve traction -- also seemed to resemble the name of Allah.
What do all these incidents have in common?
They all provoked outrage over insults that were never intended as such, or incidents that simply didn't happen."
Posted by capecodcyclist at February 14, 2006 06:33 AM
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Drew - Please keep one thing in mind. Muslims take the Second Commandment VERY seriously. For a parallel in our society, consider that the Puritans and Protestants in the 1600's burned hundreds of paintings, crucifixes, and statues as sinful - because they were 'graven images'. Even now, Protestant churces have an 'empty cross' as opposed to the Catholic crucifix for two reasons - because Jesus DID rise, and it is unseemly to make an image of him.
The Muslim world has never had a Reformation, so making an image, or writing the name as is forbidden in Judism, is a very big deal.
Posted by: Peter Porcupine at February 16, 2006 11:48 PM
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