Jihad this, jihad that.

[Shockeye]

Burger King recalls 'sacrilegious' desserts

Sat 17 Sep 2005

JOHN INNES

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".

The chain is being forced to spend thousands of pounds redesigning the lid with backing from The Muslim Council of Britain. It apologised and said: "The design simply represents a spinning ice-cream cone."

The offending lid was spotted in a branch in Park Royal last week by business development manager Rashad Akhtar, 27, of High Wycombe.

He was not satisfied by the decision to withdraw the cones and has called on Muslims to boycott Burger King. He said: "This is my jihad. How can you say it is a spinning swirl? If you spin it one way to the right you are offending Muslims."

A Muslim Council spokesman said: "We commend the sensitive and prompt action that Burger King has taken."

[TheWalrus]

  This pisses me off. But thats not hard to do.

[Strazos]

Burger King recalls 'sacrilegious' desserts
The Muslim Council of Britain.

They already don't like the British, and practically refuse to integrate into the communities. Let them Jihad all they want.

[Llava]

Maybe they shouldn't have made their religious symbols look like spinning ice cream cones.

Say what you will about Christians, they'd be elated if Burger King put a nice fat crucifix on their desserts.

[Nebu]

One of my chicken tenders was the spittin' image of the virgin Mary. 

[Cheddar]

Maybe they shouldn't have made their religious symbols look like spinning ice cream cones.

Say what you will about Christians, they'd be elated if Burger King put a nice fat crucifix on their desserts.

Right, and if they released upside down Cross cakes I imagine they (christians) would be tickled pink.  Just because you do not understand something does not make it appropiate to mock.  Good day to you sir.


Edit.  Well, sorry if he was joking.  I need to take my pills I guess!  It just reads mean spirited and ignorant to me.  Sorry.  Living in Virginia means I am on the cusp of the south, and  dealing with people who do not understand cultures outside of Christianity is rubbing my nerves raw (the other day, while blissfully smoking, I listened to some redneck freak explain to others that UFO's were being covered up by the Jews; his proof?  That they had private jewish steak dinners for people once or twice a month.  Wouldn't be private if they had nothing to hide!)

[schild]

You know Cheddar, he was joking. But more importantly, if the cross is upside down, you're holding the cup backwards or upsidedown. It may not be useful upsidedown, but the cross is right side up, and that's what matters.

[TheWalrus]

  More importantly, it's just a fucking graphic on a cup. Wah wah boo hoo. It's not like they had a team in a think tank, contemplating the next best way to offend the islamic faith, or any other for that matter.  They really need to get over themselves.

 Shortly, if I owned BK, I'd tell em to get bent. It's just a lil fucking swirl, and if they can't hack it, they're free to not purchase it. It's been said before, but people who are easily offended, should be.

[Llava]

I'm not allowed to use teal anymore to point out when I'm not being serious. <voodolily>  It's againsuh law. </voodoolily>

[SnotBag]

Sensitive Muslims...

That idea could drive me mad thinking about their agony over a graphic on an ice cream cone while thier brothers are off trying to cut the heads off infidels.

[Cheddar]

There is a drastic difference between moderate Muslims and hard liners.   

[Samwise]

Wait, which ones are the moderates?  The ones threatening to wage a holy war against Burger King because of a few random swirls in a drawing of an ice cream cone?

[Cheddar]

My point is it seems a little silly joking another culture about their sensitivities.  You know, racist.  It is a losing argument here though so I will just stop.   

[Samwise]

I don't think the point was that all Muslims are overly sensitive... I think it's that these particular Muslims happen to be overly sensitive.  Obviously not all Muslims agree with the necessity of declaring jihad over a frozen dessert.  SnotBag's observation was that it's particularly silly to declare an ice cream jihad when Islam is facing much larger issues elsewhere in the world at the moment.

[Pococurante]

I suspect these are the Al Sharptons of their area - outrage pays the bills.

[Paelos]

I like to hope that most Muslims look at these people like I look at Jerry Falwell.

[TheWalrus]

Adoration?


/stick and move

[Sky]

A jihad against a fast food chain for their packaging is something of an affront to islam imo.

I call a jihad against this guy.

[Merusk]

Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!
One a penny two a penny - Hot cross buns
If you have no daughters, give them to your sons
One a penny two a penny - Hot cross buns

[HaemishM]

One of my chicken tenders was the spittin' image of the virgin Mary. 

The face of Gee-Whiz was seen on a billboard out on I-90!

Also, Jihad does not always mean "Holy war" and that is a frequent mistranslation. The root of the word is "to strive or to exert oneself." Even the wikipedia talks about this aspect of it.

That said, this guy sounds like a fucking idiot, a special and unique snowflake ill-prepared to deal with a culture other than its own. 

[Llava]

It's like calling shenanigans.  But you say "jihad" instead.

[Mortriden]

It's like calling shenanigans.  But you say "jihad" instead.

 

Pure gold

[HaemishM]

It's like calling shenanigans.  But you say "jihad" instead.

And then someone explodes.

[Sky]

I have no problem with people exploding, they just tend to choose shitty places to do so.

Here's a hint to budding jihadists: don't kill innocent people, go after the cocksuckers making billions off us poor saps. Shit, we might give you a medal or something.

[CmdrSlack]

I have no problem with people exploding, they just tend to choose shitty places to do so.

Here's a hint to budding jihadists: don't kill innocent people, go after the cocksuckers making billions off us poor saps. Shit, we might give you a medal or something.

Sorry, all medals are currently reserved for ineffectual Federal employees.

[Pococurante]

"Ineffectual" would have been an improvement given what these pinheads actually did. 

[Yegolev]

"Ineffectual" would have been an improvement given what these pinheads actually did. 

One of those guys forgot his medal.

[HaemishM]

They don't make a medal big enough for his level of fuckupery.

[WayAbvPar]

"Ineffectual" would have been an improvement given what these pinheads actually did. 

One of those guys forgot his medal.

They gave him one made of chocolate to make him feel included, but he had already eaten it by the time the photo was taken.

[Yegolev]

[Pococurante]