Posted on 01/24/2013 5:37:25 AM PST by drpix
Lego has been accused of racism by the Turkish community over a Star Wars model that supposedly resembles one of Istanbul’s most revered mosques.
tria’s Turkish community said the model was based on Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul and that the accompanying figures depicted Asians and Orientals as people with “deceitful and criminal personalities.”
The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria released a statement calling for Lego to apologise for affronting religious and cultural feelings.
The anger was provoked by “Jabba’s Palace”, a model of the home of Jabba the Hutt from Lego’s Star Wars product range based on the blockbusting series of science fiction films
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
They have been reading "Rule for Radicals".
The toy doesn’t look anything like the Hagia Sophia. The “criminal and deceitful” personalities were part of the film. This is nonsense.
When can we expect a crusades set? Perhaps somebody could get it right this time.
What’s interesting is that the architecture of the peaceful people of Naboo is much more Hagia Sohpia-esque.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Theed?file=TheedAttack.png
Read up on the history of this building, which was originally one of the most Christian Orthodox churches in the world. Hundreds of Christians were murdered inside when the Muslims took over. Badly treated over the years, Muslim signage over much of it and turrets outside. Obama has visited it twice, apparently one of his favorite Turkish places...for obvious reasons.
They have learned that the way to the big time in the USA is to become a victim group and wail and moan all the time.
This crowd flew occupied planes into occupied buildings, and used that to become America’s second biggest victim group.
So these Muslims think they invented crappy looking dome structures now?
I’m not saying the building doesn’t have architectural appeal, I’m just saying a structure with a dome and a tower has been done a few times before.
And why is Lego “racist” and not Star Wars? And what’s racist about copying a building?
This PC crap is all about overwhelming the system. This looks like a crappy attempt by this Muslim group (who doesn’t totally understand the western liberal concepts) to try and get in on the act of attacking the system.
Legos = Logos?
When the building opened, as a Christian Cathedral, it was dedicated to “Logos”, the Word, the Second Person of the Trinity.
Why did Constantinople get the works?
None of the Tatooine scenes from the movies were filmed in Turkey. They were filmed either in Tunisia or Yuma, AZ, so the Turks have no grounds to complain.
well then the Prophet Mohammed Weeble-Wobble is really going to cheese them off...
Muslims Outraged!
Outraged muslims claim that a pile of cow-flop is intentionally shaped to look like an aerial view of the Istanbul mosque.
Bantha foodoo.
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