Posted on 09/16/2005 7:57:36 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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."
ping for a jihad over an ice cream cone
What's a devout Muslim doing eating at a fast-food place that sells bacon burgers, anyway? You've got to be kidding me. There's no way on earth those places are halal.
The proper Aussie/British expression is "Clear Off!" Meaning get the **** out of my country!
Yeah, those Muslims look pretty silly. It's not like Christians are finding the Blessed Virgin in every water stain on a highway underpass ...
Oh. Wait. Never mind.
Please wait while I drop my pants and grab my ankles
Does anyone have a photo?
" If you spin it one way to the right you are offending Muslims."
So don't spin it one way, stupid camel-f**ker!
I was greatly offended by this stone but I dont know who to sue
I don't mind offending people who patently desire to be offended.
and that's the only polite thing I have to say about this matter.
"Anything they think slights them must be banned. "
Not banned - killed.
Liberals suck, but they don't threaten 'jihad' and behead those who disagree.
Sounds offensive to me.
Muslims are offended by pork, not beef.
Hindus are the ones offended by beef, hamburgers especially, because they consider cows sacred.
"Go figure, it O.K. to kill your own daughters for extra martial affairs."
Better even still, if a daughter is gang-raped, then she is tainted, and must have done something to deserve it, so she has to be killed by her brothers.
What an insane world we live in.
"What's a devout Muslim doing eating at a fast-food place that sells bacon burgers, anyway? "
Probably the same thing Mo Atta and the rest of those 'fundamentalist Islam' 9/11 asshats were doing partying in Vegas prior to their big 'jihad'.
I.E. Being a stupid, camel-f**king asshat piece of hypocritical Muslime whilst still expecting the world to take you seriously.
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