Posted on 02/06/2006 9:20:13 AM PST by DTA
Danish products removed from Toronto shops CTV.ca News Staff
Muslim-owned stores in Toronto are removing Danish products from shelves in response to outrage over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that appeared in the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten.
Outrage erupted into protests in many Muslim countries over the cartoons which depict the prophet as a terrorist or another with him wearing a turban shaped as bomb.
Signs have appeared in a Toronto grocery store that say, "We no longer carry any products from Denmark." The store's manager told The Toronto Star removing Danish products is about showing solidarity with other Muslims, even if it hurts business.
Customers said they support the grocery store's decision to boycott Danish products.
"They (Muslims) don't find any other way to show their anger," a shopper told CTV's Desmond Brown Saturday. "So this is a natural way."
The boycott of cookies, cheese and fried onions from Denmark may not result in a large economic blow for the Scandinavian country. However it is being seen as a symbolic expression by Canadian Muslims.
"We will do so using peaceful, very Canadian means like economic boycotts, like writing letters to the editors," Naheem Siddiqi of the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association said Saturday.
While parts of the world have experienced violent protests in response to the cartoons, reaction in Toronto has been limited to product boycotts and stern condemnations.
The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada has called on Denmark to apologize to all Muslims while the Canadian Arab Federation called the cartoons hateful propaganda.
"We definitely do not believe in the violence we have seen in some parts of the world," Siddiqi said.
Violence erupted in Syria as demonstrators torched the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus on Saturday.
Chanting "God is Great," protesters stormed the embassy, set the Danish flag on fire, and replaced it with another flag that read: "No God but Allah, Muhammad is his prophet."
Jyllands-Posten apologized on Friday for publishing the cartoons, however the editorial has done little to quell outrage and protests.
The newspaper said if they had known Danish lives would be put at risk, the drawings would never have been published.
With files from CTV's Desmond Brown and The Canadian Press
I'll stand in front of the Canadian Bacon to tell anyone looking
for it to "take off eh?".
Damn those Zionist Danes!
At least now that they have been exposed - their plan for world domination can never be realized. Thanks to the Canadian-Arab shop keepers for taking a stand when a stand was needed!
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"Muslim owned businesses worldwide should be boycotted."
"There go the corner shops."
Boy, aint that the truth. I'd have to quit smoking. And the state lotto would really take a hit too.
The brand name is DAK.
Boycott Muslim businesses and people in the US! Let's stop the money flow to our enemies.
mmmm,, Danish Ham
"Not much of a cheese shop is it?"
Rather stupid move, if you ask me, unless those products have been placed there on consignment.
Thanks for the ping, metmom. Unbelievable, is'it? We should respond by boycotting muslim-owned businesses. They have MUCH more to lose than we do.
MarineMom,
I don't think any religion or community hates muslims as much as Hindus do. Muslims killed an approx. 60 million hindus between the 11th and 18th centuries (in the most continuous act of genocide in human history). Hatred of muslims is a part of the Hindu/Sikh's psyche.
I'm really surprised that it is taking this long for the liberals to blame al of this on Bush & Co.
Carlsberg is brewed in Canada under licence by Labatt. Labatt is owned by a Belgian company. The upside is that royalties go to Denmark and I doubt that there are many muslims working for the brewery ;-)
While the Danes were saving their Jews from Hitler, the Muslims were busy consorting and making common cause with him.
The name of Hindukush mountain range means "silencing (i.e. killing) of the Hindus"
Yessir, you're absolutely right.
It's not hard to boycott them, just stay away from convenience stores.
Unfortunately, not all of them are owned by the muzzies. The vast majority may be owned by Hindus and Sikhs (who have no love lost for muslims).
The best way to handle these barbarians to to draw up lists of muslim-owned stores and then appeal for a boycott. One clue to find out if a store is muslim or not - look for Arabic verses (the kind that look like worms) near the cash register or behind the counter.
Toronto use to be a nice place twenty years ago to take a vacation. I would not spend a dime in that place.
Around Boston, they've been buying convenience stores and gas stations, even strip malls, but posting no verses.
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