allah

flitted between

staincliffe and hecky

yeah, my brother lives in thornhill and but maybe it has changed lately. stranger things have happened

 

RE: flitted between

used to play for thornhill.nr centre of town rugby 'also used to know anice lady at heckmondwike.she youse'd to play rugby as well most trouble there with muslims is saville town

 

nothing to do with religion, racism or colour of skin mate.

just stupidity - you'll find it sprawls across the human race.

 

That'd be a good balanced view then.From a tree huggin hippie perspective like but hey each to their own.

 

FFS

Attack of the Cones, 16.9.05

Burger King is to withdraw thousands of ice-cream cones because the design on the packaging resembles the Arab word for Allah.

The company has acted after the coincidence was spotted by a Muslim customer, Rashad Akhtar, at its Park Royal outlet last week (6), who later telephoned its head office to say that the packaging was sacrilegious.

The Muslim Council of Britain has backed the change.

A statement by Burger King (BK) to Eastern Eye said: "The design on the lids of our cones represents a spinning ice-cream cone.

"However, as a result of the feedback we have received, our supplier is amending the lid design."

The US fast-food giant said it would withdraw the packaging in ‘the near future’ once an alternative has been designed.

But the action has failed to satisfy Akhtar, who wants the designer sacked and is calling on Muslims to boycott the fast-food company.

Akhtar, 27, of High Wycombe, who is married and a business development manager, said: "Them [BK] recalling this product is not sufficient. It should be taken away from the stores now.

"I have had no correspondence from Burger King.

"These people who have designed this think they can get away with this again and again. 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.

"I ordered my food and then got talking to a worker, a French guy.

"He asked me: ‘Are you Muslim?’

"He showed me the cone.

"I felt humiliated."

The design change is likely to cost Burger King a lot of money. Even the small restaurants, such as in Whitechapel Road, order about 80 ice cream packages a week.

MCB spokesman Inayat Bunglawala said: "It is true that seen from a certain angle, the design on the BK ice cream lid could be read as closely resembling the word Allah in Arabic.

“We commend the sensitive and prompt action BK have taken to prevent any hurt being caused to the religious sensibilities of others by this."

It is not the first time Burger King has upset Muslims. In 1999, several Islamic organisations called for a worldwide boycott after the chain opened an eatery in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, considered by Palestinians to be illegally occupied territory.

 

RE: FFS

Thanks for that Winday - paints a slightly differant picture than the original posting.

Firstly BK are a business and are responding to a complaint, they didn't mean to offend, didn't even realise that this swirl actually spelled allah, but on hearing so decide to withdraw, which is fair enough - any type of blasphemy can be damaging to a company. Yes - if they want to theres no reason that they can't have it on there, but as a company then it's probably best for them to change it.

The problem is one person who can't accept that is a reasonable action and wants the person who designed it sacked, that is ridiculous (not BK withdrawing it), it was a mistake, the guy didn't know - so that should be fair enough.

Lets not judge a whole group of people based upon what one individual says - just the same as I don't expect to be judged based upon what comes out of the mouth of Nick Griffin.

 

One individual?

You can't open a newspaper or turn on the telly these days without hearing about the muslims being offended about something.

I'd be inclined to say, "Piss off and be offended somewhere else then," but I'd expect to return to a smoking pile of rubble.

 

RE: One individual?

In this instance it was one individual.

The problem is being stoked up by the right wing media. blowing things out of all proportion.

Like I say I take such stories with a pinch of salt as whilst there'll be some grain of truth in it they've probably padded it out to suit their own ends.