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

[StormRider]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
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."

How the heck did you come up with so many other examples in such a short time?

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

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

Overreact much?

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.

I think that the world would be a better place without you and your fvcking comments.

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

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

Overreact much?

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.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: StormRider

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
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."

How the heck did you come up with so many other examples in such a short time?

He/it could be a computer....

 

[meltdown75]

i'm going to go into Shawarma Kingdom down the street and find something that offends me. then i'm going to war against chicken shawarmas!

oppressive. tasty, but oppressive!!

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

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

Overreact much?

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.

I think that the world would be a better place without you and your fvcking comments.

yeah that's better :beer:

 

[zoiks]

Its the same frigging thing when VIA changed the name of one of their chipsets from KZ to something else when jewish people got upset.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch

Originally posted by: Sheepathon
Text

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."

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

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

Chock one more up on the moron list.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

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

Overreact much?

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.

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.

Oh, there's a difference..tolerance of others is one of them. 😉

 

[ironcrotch]

So who else would support a Jihad on Burger King.........................

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: StormRider

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
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."

How the heck did you come up with so many other examples in such a short time?

Google News is my friend... 🙂

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: asm0deus
it looks way too much like it, BK did it on purpose

Well, it has been obvious to the informed observer that Burger King has been attempting to undermine and destroy the muslim religion for decades now. It is a well known fact that the Burger King character currently featured in commercials is modeled after a medieval leader who led many anti-muslim slaughters and rampaged through their villages stealing women and pooping in their ice cream.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
So who else would support a Jihad on Burger King.........................

I would support a Jihad on Burger King for serving crappy fat ladened food...

Anyone with me? 😛

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: asm0deus
it looks way too much like it, BK did it on purpose

Well, it has been obvious to the informed observer that Burger King has been attempting to undermine and destroy the muslim religion for decades now. It is a well known fact that the Burger King character currently featured in commercials is modeled after a medieval leader who led many anti-muslim slaughters and rampaged through their villages stealing women and pooping in their ice cream.

hahahaha!

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: asm0deus
it looks way too much like it, BK did it on purpose

Well, it has been obvious to the informed observer that Burger King has been attempting to undermine and destroy the muslim religion for decades now. It is a well known fact that the Burger King character currently featured in commercials is modeled after a medieval leader who led many anti-muslim slaughters and rampaged through their villages stealing women and pooping in their ice cream.

:Q

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
So who else would support a Jihad on Burger King.........................

I'm getting ready to start a personal one against Carls Jr. and their fscking annoying ad campaign.

 

[91TTZ]

The word "Jihad" looks too much like the word "Jesus" when you hold it upside down and at a 37.4 degree angle while standing in front of a mirror at night. Therefore I must go crazy.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
The word "Jihad" looks too much like the word "Jesus" when you hold it upside down and at a 37.4 degree angle while standing in front of a mirror at night. Therefore I must go crazy.

HOLY SH!T!! i'm with you.

edit: let's start by filling up a beater with explosives, driving it right through the entrance to a local supermarket, and detonating it. because everyone knows, blowing up a bunch of OUR OWN PEOPLE is the best way to get back at whoever did this!!

 

[GhettoPeanut]

dude, thats so crazy, stupid religious morons.

"wah wah wah you offened [religion] i'm going to [sue/boycott/b!tch and moan] untill you change wah"

seriously, what they should have done was create a newsymbol that included the christian fish and maybe that jewish star just to kinda piss everyone off. maybe throw in some aztek symbols while there at it.

 

[Aimster]

You do know a Jihad does not only mean an act of war (violence), right?

 

[yourdeardaniel]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
So who else would support a Jihad on Burger King.........................

I would support a Jihad on Burger King for serving crappy fat ladened food...

Anyone with me? 😛

fat laden
i thought u said bin laden
LOL

 

[RandomFool]

I KNEW IT!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Aimster
You do know a Jihad does not only mean an act of war (violence), right?

So is this one of those "he can go fvck himself" jihads, or one of those "I'm going to strap a bomb to my back and run into a crowd" jihads?

 

[Sheepathon]

I'm dying over here reading meltdown and 91ttz's comments.

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Aimster
You do know a Jihad does not only mean an act of war (violence), right?

So is this one of those "he can go fvck himself" jihads, or one of those "I'm going to strap a bomb to my back and run into a crowd" jihads?

A Jihad declared by one man is a personal struggle like a boycott.

A Jihad declared by the Muslim world is an act of war (which hasn't been declared in hundreds/thousands of years).

Strapping a bomb to themselves and calling it a jihad is like a Christian man banging 100 women before he gets married and going to Church once his whole life (his wedding day) and calling himself a Christian.