The List of Things That Offend Muslims

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[RC one]

This list is a work in progress. I welcome suggestions. Anyone who has more items to add to the list, post them in the comments.

The intent of the list is to illustrate the futility of the multicultural approach to Islam. Sharia law demands submission not only from Muslims, but from non-Muslims as well. This makes respectful coexistence nearly impossible with Muslims in Infidel lands. The examples below serve as reminder that submitting to one complaint or another only emboldens Muslims to seek to further their ultimate goal of establishing sharia.

The West needs to come to grips with this fact and start standing up for our God-given rights of free speech, free expression and freedom of religion, lest we surrender those rights to a theocratic movement bent on removing our Constitutional freedoms that we hold dear. In this case, our tolerance will lead to intolerance.

Flags

The English Flag being flown in England, as well as St. George Pins, worn by Englishmen in England, Austrian flag, Soccer Ball with Saudi Flag, Stepping on Makeshift Hamas and Hezbollah Flags, Ref's whistle with the Swiss Cross, The Israeli Flag, and of course...the American Flag.

Buildings

The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, The Giant Buddha's, The new Apple store in Manhattan. The Beslan Memorial, Pool halls and coffee shops, Movie Theaters, the Graves of Biblical Joshua and Caleb, The Eiffel Tower, Coffee Shops, Saracen's Head Cafe, "Mecca" Bar in Kiev, Breslin Bar and Grill in NY.

Christians

The Trinity, Pope Benedict XVI. Pope John Paul II, Coptic Pope Shenouda III, Robert Spencer, The name "Crusaders" , The Cross, Christmas presents, Santa Claus, Bibles, selling Bibles, Lip synching videos, Craig Winn, Prayer, Valentine's Day, Christians who accidently touch the Koran, Street Evangelists, The Letter X, Muslim converts to Christianity, the Knights of Malta, The Bishop of Rochester, Use of the word Allah by Catholics, Christians proselytizing to Muslims, Church Bells, a picture of Jesus hung on a staffroom wall, Father Zakariah, Jerry Falwell, a coin with John 3:16 printed on it, Eli Soriano, dating a Polish Catholic Girl, UK Radio Minister Rev Masih, Zion Baptist Church in Rochdale, UK, Rotary and Lions Clubs, Hector Aleem, the color red near Valentine's Day, Christians who use the word "Allah" to describe God, Fr Daniil Sysoyev.

Jews

The existence of Israel, The reality of the holocaust, Holocaust Day (UK), Teaching of the Holocaust, Annapolis Peace Talks, A Rabbi speaking at an Islamic University, An Israeli Vodka Bottle with a Picture of Jerusalem, Paper cups that were made in Israel, luggage from Israel, an Israeli soccer team, The Torah scrolls at Hebron, Tennis Star Shahar Peer, the Israeli Taekwondo team.

Hindus/Buddhist's/other Religions

The Dalai Lama, Baha'i, Pagans, Zoroastrians, Faith Healers, Hindu Temples.

Cartoons

The Danish Cartoons, Videos of Danes drawing Mohammed. Cartoons about Uday and Qusay's death. These photoshops, The Buddy Christ, Cambridge University cartoon, Pokemon, Opus, David Low's Jack Hobbs cartoon, "Mohammed Cat" , cartoon of Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Mickey Mouse, Emoticons, cartoon of Mohammed and Aeisha nude.

Movies/TV/Theater/Radio

The Movie "The Passion of the Christ" The Italian Film, 'Il mercante di pietre' (The Stone Merchant) "24", Disney's "Aladdin", Theo Van Gogh's "Submission", A French play by Voltaire, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" Rubber duck hostage video, Ohio CarAd, The Movie ,"300" PBS Documentary "Islam v Islamists", Jihad, the Musical, True Lies the Movie, Michael Savage, Paul Harvey, You Tube, Fitna the Movie, Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, Stage Version of the Satanic Verses, "Life of Mohammad" Movie, Bridgitte Bardot, Indian Soap Operas, Music Shops, Chicken Run, Saving Private Ryan, 1977 Movie, Mohammad, Messanger of God, the film "Crossing Over" Egyptian actor Amr Waked, Fiddler on the Roof, Satellite TV owners, Obsession the movie, Denver disk jockeys Joey Teehan, Dean Myers and Roger Beaty, The Wrestler Movie, Radio Basingstoke/Cliff Richards, Lowell Green, TV Documentary Jihad for Love, Cinema and Theater, Actors and Actresses working together, Matrix Reloaded, South Park, "Son of No One" movie.

Food

Burger King ice cream cones, Jewish cookies, Israeli Dates, pork, even when consumed by non-Muslims. Alcohol, Quebec day-care lunch menu, Hot-Cross Buns, Cola Cola, Pepsi, Easter Eggs, Ham Sandwiches accidentally served to Muslim prisoners, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches served in Jail, Parking lot sign jokingly labeled "the Porking Yard", Doritos and Salad Dressing containing trace amounts of alcohol, Falafels, Cucumbers, tomatoes and ice cream, Rum flavored ice cream.

Music

Music in general, A rap CD with Quranic verses. An award winning Spanish song, A party honoring late rock star Freddy Mercury, Mozart, Gospel music in a church van, a Muslim prayer set to House Music, Rock Singer who Bared his Chest, Vande Mataram, the Indian National Song, Avril Levigne, Gwen Stefani, Paul McCartney, Dancing, Busta Rhymes song "Arab Money", Discos, Rihanna, I-Dance Contest, German Soccer Club Song, Kelly Clarkson.

Humor/Satire

Disc jockey humor, "Terrorist" fireworks safety ad, 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist' Ringtone.

Animals

Piggy banks The Chinese "Year of the Pig" Toy Pigs, Pig-shaped stress relievers, Piglet from Winnie the Pooh, The Three Little Pigs, Nature course that included Pigs, Pig shaped playground toys, Dogs, guide dogs, Lost Dog Poster, Walking the Dog, Sniffer Dogs, Trainee Police Puppy Rebel, the selling of Dogs and Cats, unclothed female goats, Mice.

Public Figures

Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem, and Zachariah Anani, "The 3 Ex-Terrorists." Daniel Pipes, Ayaan Hirsi-Ali, MP Phil Woolas (UK), Virgil Goode, Jack Straw, Bloggers, The US Congress, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, Mayor of Mirfield Robert Bennett, Afghan Journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Geert Wilders, Prince Harry, Ehsan Jami, Dr Wafa Sultan, Obama's Website, Michelle Malkin, Susanne Winter.

Women

The passport photo of a 5 year old girl, Women who allow themselves to be raped, The Panty Jihad, Egyptian feminist Nawal al-Saadawi, The clitoris, Hugging a man in public, The breats of female mannequins, female dolls, pin-ups on RAF jets, Unclothed Sex, Breast Feeding, Britney and Madonna, Male Gynaecologists, the word Women, refusing to wear the hijab, Benazir Bhutto, Nouriya Al Subeeh, Female Medic's Hygiene Rules, Hair Salons that refuse Headscarfs. a woman sitting with a man in a Starbucks, wearing makeup, not wearing socks, sharing a gym with men. Pictures of Women in newspapers, Matalan Billboards, Cell phone use by women, Work Uniforms at a Tortilla Factory, Go Kart Woman, Lipstick and High Heels, Hasina Kahn, Women omitted from an Ikea Catalog, Miss World Contest, Female Olympians on TV, Women on TV in general, Women leaving the house without permission, Lesbianism and tomboy behavior, the term 'Gender Equality', Street protests of divorced Women, gender mixed theaters, Women who drive, Seeking a female writer's autograph, Wearing a Bra.

Books/Publications and writers

Salmon Rushdie's "Satanic Verses", Rushdie's Knighthood, A book by an Egyptian feminist., French and German Newspapers, Tampa Flyers, Nobel Prize winning author, Naguib Mahfouz, Harry Potter, The autobiography of Norwegian politician Carl I. Hagen "Ærlig talt", Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, National Review, Mark Steyn, These 11 books, Wikipedia, Passant Rashad, First Bible Stories, Saudi writers Abdullah bin Bejad al-Otaibi and Yousef Aba al-Khail, Dr Rachael Ehrenfeld, Howard Rotberg, Houston Chronicle, Harry's Place, Sherry Jones, Poet Islam Samhan, The Russian version of Newsweek, Douglas Murray, Geraldine Bedell, Steven Crowder, Wedad Lootah, These 10 terms, Lubna Hussien.

Art/Artists

Tate British Museum, Delta College, Harper College Photo Exhibit, Iranian artist Sooreh Hera, "ZOG" exhibition by art group Surrend, "Shark" by David Cerny, Sculptures of Mohammed, Church Pulpit Wood Carving of Mohammed, Bologna Church Fresco, Sculpture of Mother Teresa, Stork Statues, Statue of Christ, The "Det er ikke forbudt å tenke" exhibition, Fresco of Mohammed at St. Petronio in Bologna.

Grooming

Barbers , eyebrow plucking for men, Hair Gel, "Allah Tatoo", Black Hair Dye, Unusual haircuts.

Clothing

Western-style trousers, Colored Underwear, Nike "flame" logo, Shoes and Pants bearing the Arabic symbol for Allah, Italian Soccer Team's Shirts, Iraqi Tennis Players Wearing Shorts, Clothing embroidered with Koranic passages, the Barcelona Football Club Badge, Blue jeans, not hiking salwar above ankles, Koranic verses on sking gear, a shoe named Mohammed.

Miscellaneous

Airport security, A Yemini man who refused to wake up for prayers, Mustafa Shag, Prison toilets, Indrek Wichman, Chess, Staring or looking, Polio Vaccine, a moment of silence to commemorate 9/11 in Brussels, Koran-Themed Toilet Seats, Exxon, LAPD, Bluetooth, Witchcraft, the term "War on Terror", Emergency Relief from the USN, Teddy Bear named Mohammed by Schoolchildren, Sweden, Homosexuals, Shi'ite Jokes, Anti terrorist Billboard, Self-Defense, Toilets facing Mecca, Eating near Muslims during Ramadan, Joining the British Army, Flirting, Muslim medical students are refusing to learn about about Alcoholism or STDs, Loan interest. Polio Vaccine, This List, Facebook, Dancing on TV, Health and Home Insurance, Corporate War Games, Treatment for Sex Offenders in Prison, Holy names on specimen bottles, Barbie, Batman and Spiderman, A college course "Women in Arabic and Islamic Literature", Mock Hostage Drill by police, Condoms, Western Human Rights, Non-Muslim man dating a Muslim woman, Polio Vaccine, Kite Flying, Interfaith Marriage, Anti-Slavery Sanctions, Brazilian Carnival Parade, McDonald's Dress code, The Beijing Olympics, Medal of Honor winner Col Bud Day, Nissan, Birthday Parties, anniversaries and Mother's Day, This German carnival, Yoga, Non marital cohabitation, Capitalism, Execution of the Bali Bombers, Smoking during Ramadan, Yoga, Terrorist Lego Toy, Berber names, Holding Hands in Public, Smoking in general, Bowing.

[GregoTX]

A lot of those on the list are on the list of things that offend liberals too.

[GregoTX]

Sporks?

lol ... I hate sporks too, especially the cheap plastic ones!

[a fool in paradise]

Which leads me to a question, why on a plane do the customers in coach get a weak butter knife when the 9-11 hijackers sat in first class where diners are provided steak knives?

[GregoTX]

SILENCE!!!

[Danae]

You forgot the ones who are BLACK on the RIGHT side! (really obscure Star Trek reference (OLD SCHOOL sheesh!))

[Fiddlstix]

The smallest book that will ever be published will be......
"Things That Do Not Offend muslims"

It'd have a front cover and a back cover and only one page....
The title page.......

Very quick and easy reading......

[Danae]

Achmed is ok by me. He’s dead already, but did just get his flu shot so yea!

[Texas resident]

How about this?

[Political Junkie Too]

The List of Things That Offend Muslims

Number 1 on the list of things that offend Muslims:

1. A list of things that offend Muslims.

-PJ

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Life

[Grunthor]

air

water

fire

land

[RC one]

How about this:

[Slings and Arrows]

I remember. One of better TOS episodes.

[Slings and Arrows]

Right up there with Clean and Sober with Lindsey Lohan.

[Skooz]

Oh, I gotta bump this.

[Lady Jag]

It's what they like that offends me.

[Rocky]

Add to your list:

Threads like this one.

[Sloth]

lol ... I hate sporks too, especially the cheap plastic ones!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/

[aruanan]

You are engaging in the good muslim bad muslim fallacy. That kind of thinking leads to appeasement and ruin.

There's nothing good about being indiscriminate (unless, like God, you're willing to do the equivalent of making the sun shine and the rain fall on both the good and the bad) or having a lack of discernment (though it's much easier). It's usually the lack of discrimination or inability (or lack of desire) to discern differences that leads to appeasement and ruin.

You're correct. The headline should be changed to: " THINGS THAT DRIVE 97% OF MUSLIMS TO MURDEROUS, BEHEADING FURY"

Again, you're generalizing to an entire group from specific individuals. This is the same fallacy. This would be like someone living overseas characterizing the general American public by what they see on American TV programs.* Or someone characterizing the Christian religion by what they learn from watching televangelists. Or someone characterizing the Mormon religion from watching the Osmonds. Or someone characterizing life in the Wild West by watching Clint Eastwood movies.

There are lots of Muslims who don't follow everything in the Koran literally, just as a majority of those calling themselves Christians fail to follow the basic Christian teachings of both the New Testament and their respective churches. These Muslims and these Christians are basically the same in wanting to have a sense of religion without having it interfere with their lives too much. They want to raise their families, provide a living for themselves, and not have too much drama in their lives.

A few Muslims (few relative to the entire population calling itself Muslim) take an extreme, literal reading of the Koran's call to war against any and everything outside Islam. A few people calling themselves Christian, take an extreme, literal reading of Jesus's call to go into the whole world to preach the Gospel and wind up getting put to death in places like Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and China. This isn't to say that Islam and Christianity are similar but that people throughout the world and throughout time are similar, differences in education and material wealth notwithstanding. There are a few that are very good and a few that are very bad and the rest are swayed back and forth depending upon which group is in ascendency (Edmund Burke made that observation). The same is true of nations and their organizing principles: the U.S. is way, WAY over to one side of the Bell curve both historically and in the present-day world.

*I know someone from England who was afraid to come to Chicago to visit her husband (they got separated into different refugee camps following the genocide in Rwanda) because all the news programs there are constantly talking about how horribly dangerous the United States is, leading them to believe there are gang shootouts on almost every corner.

[Ptarmigan]

They have no faith. They are insecure and feed off of it.