Posted on 08/20/2008 3:26:39 AM PDT by Man50D
Coca-Cola plans to celebrate Ramadan this year by decorating cans with a crescent moon and star a widely recognized Islamic symbol.
Coca-Cola has hired a company named ATTIK to handle packaging, Brand Republic reports. Its Christmas cans are usually decorated with secular-themed images of Santa Claus, but McCartney asked the company whether it planned to introduce Christian symbols as well.
"When I learned the symbol of the Islamic faith will appear on Coca-Cola packaging during Ramadan 2008, I found myself wondering whether or not the Atlanta-based soft drink maker will soon include the Christian cross and Jewish star of David in future holiday packaging designs targeting people of those faiths," he wrote.
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Well better than Mecca Cola in Dubai, which donates a percentage of its money to Palestinians.
Or Zamzam cola from Iran, the official hajj soda.
Haha.
Arabs prefer Pepsi anyway.
Ooooooh!
Time to light these $umb!tche$ up !
Email them we’re switching to Pepsi, RC Cola, whatever ...
(pardone mah frenche thar) :)
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