Burger King withdraws ice-cream cones after swirly design offended a Muslim.

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Sheepathon

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The fast-food chain, Burger King, is withdrawing its ice-cream cones after the lid of the dessert offended a Muslim.
The man claimed the design resembled the Arabic inscription for Allah, and branded it sacrilegious, threatening a "jihad."
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ROFL. Does this mean if BK puts something like this on the wrapper of their fish sandwiches, Christians can complain about being offended, too? :laugh: Just when I was having a bad day, religion once again does its part to crack me up. Good times.

edit: now with PIC, and a wikipedia entry for Jihad.

Seriously, this is so crackass. Okay, it resembles the character for Allah. You know what else it resembles? AN ICE CREAM SWIRLY.

edit2: Now with even MORE pic of Nike's design that was pulled because the flaming "Air" resembled the Arabic word for Allah. How many ways are there to write Allah? :confused:
 
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spidey07

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durka, durka.

mohamed, JIHAD!!

"The man claimed the design resembled the Arabic inscription for Allah, and branded it sacrilegious, threatening a "jihad". "
 
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Bumrush99

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OMFG what a nightmare, I think we should all boycott Burger King for being such panzies!!!
 
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In 1997, Nike pulled tens of thousands of basketball shoes after it was told that the logo - the word "air" in flame-like letters - looked like "Allah" in Arabic when viewed from a certain angle.

Newsweek reported in July of that year that Nike had launched a program of "sensitivity training on Islam" and gave a donation to an Islamic school.

A year later, Unilever scrapped a new logo it had begun to use on Walls ice creams in the Middle East - again after Muslims said the intertwining red and yellow hearts looked like "Allah" in Arabic, when viewed upside down and backwards.

In 1994, Lagerfeld designed a dress incorporating a pattern he had copied from Arabic lettering on India's Taj Mahal monument. The lettering included the phrase "They are the ones who found guidance," used a number of times in the Koran.

German supermodel Claudia Schiffer received death threats after wearing the dress, prompting her mother to make a public plea for her safety. The designer apologized and burned the garments. He also destroyed photographs and negatives of the dress.

Coca Cola has for years struggled to dispel the rumor that the soft drink's trademark swirly-writing logo, when seen at a particular angle, looked like the Arabic script for "No Mohammed, No Mecca."

The company's website has a "myths and rumors" section where it contests the charge, arguing that "the trademark was created in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, at a time and place where there was little knowledge of Arabic."
 
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my frosty from Wendy's was a little too brown, so i shouted "racists!" and threw my frosty in the garbage. that'll teach them!
 
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Ilmater

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Originally posted by: spidey07
durka, durka.

mohamed, JIHAD!!
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LOL!

I love how he "threatened a Jihad." How the heck do you do that? "I'll Jihad! I'm serious! Oh no, Muslim council, don't you tell me not to! This is mine!"
 
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Originally posted by: CadetLee
Threatening a "jihad" over ice cream?

Overreact much?
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This is Islam we are talking about, where they've raised the concept of overreacting not only to an art form, but to a way of life. Jihad, my ass.

Islam is useless, and the world would be a better place without it.
 
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ironcrotch

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Ridiculous.

Does anyone think that we appease them TOO much, and that someday they'll just control everything.
 
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Originally posted by: Sheepathon
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The fast-food chain, Burger King, is withdrawing its ice-cream cones after the lid of the dessert offended a Muslim.
The man claimed the design resembled the Arabic inscription for Allah, and branded it sacrilegious, threatening a "jihad."
Click to expand...

ROFL. Does this mean if BK puts something like this on the wrapper of their fish sandwiches, Christians can complain about being offended, too? :laugh: Just when I was having a bad day, religion once again does its part to crack me up. Good times.

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Holy sh!t the resemblance does look like "Allah" on it. WOW (I'm a muslim, I'm really surprised)
 
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spidey07

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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: CadetLee
Threatening a "jihad" over ice cream?

Overreact much?
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This is Islam we are talking about, where they've raised the concept of overreacting not only to an art form, but to a way of life. Jihad, my ass.

Islam is useless, and the world would be a better place without it.
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Seriously.

Its like the 21st centrury is knocking the door of islam and saying "umm, guys...you don't jihad against an ice cream cone. You're REALLY making us look bad"
 
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Originally posted by: asm0deus
it looks way too much like it, BK did it on purpose
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It looks *nothing* like it. It certainly looks no more like it than it looks like the letter "E." Which we all know must stand for "Eat your children, Satan commands you!" :roll:
 
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: CadetLee
Threatening a "jihad" over ice cream?

Overreact much?
Click to expand...

This is Islam we are talking about, where they've raised the concept of overreacting not only to an art form, but to a way of life. Jihad, my ass.

Islam is useless, and the world would be a better place without it.
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I would say the same for hindus, buddhist, christians (orthodox and catholics), hibru, and other religion alike. That is an ignorant remark I would say.

For me, I believe that all religions (3 main ones) are basically the same if you start reading their text (bible, quran, torah). Their is no fvcking difference.

 
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