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Pinocchio And Friends Converted To Islam
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-31-2006 | Malcolm Moore

Posted on 08/30/2006 6:35:59 PM PDT by blam

Pinocchio and friends converted to Islam

Malcolm Moore in Antalya

(Filed: 31/08/2006)

Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum.

"Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto, his maker, in a book stamped with the crest of the ministry of education.

"Thanks be to Allah," the puppet says later.

In The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan is told that he cannot visit Aramis. The reason would surprise the author, Alexandre Dumas.

An old woman explains: "He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness."

Tom Sawyer may always have shirked his homework, but he is more conscientious in learning his Islamic prayers. He is given a "special treat" for learning the Arabic words.

Pollyanna, seen by some as the embodiment of Christian forgiveness, says that she believes in the end of the world as predicted in the Koran.

Heidi, the Swiss orphan girl in the tale by Johanna Spyri, is told that praying to Allah will help her to relax.

Several more books have been altered, including La Fontaine's fables and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

The clumsy insertions by Islamic publishing houses have caused controversy in Turkey, which has been a strongly secular state since the 1920s.

Other books contain insults, slang and rude rhymes which mock the president and the prime minister.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is Turkey's first Islamic premier, has called for swift action to be taken against the publishers.

The education ministry has threatened to take legal action against any publisher which continues to issue such books.

Huseyin Celik, the education minister, said: "If there are slang and swear words, we will sue them for using the ministry logo."


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To: CedarDave

Whew, thanks! I could have had my hands chopped off for that.


21 posted on 08/30/2006 7:11:40 PM PDT by shezza (God bless our military heroes)
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To: blam

I want them converted too...

22 posted on 08/30/2006 7:11:51 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (Never Give Your Enemy (ROP) A Foothold.)
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To: beethovenfan

Larry, Mohammed, and Curly


23 posted on 08/30/2006 7:14:59 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: beethovenfan
"IEDsmoke"

"Married, With Martyrs"

"Have Boxcutter, Will Travel"

"I Dream Of Jihad"

"Leave It To Basheer"

"The Destroyed Zionist Love Boat"

24 posted on 08/30/2006 7:18:58 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: beethovenfan

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of Uranium
Jack fell down and broke his cranium
And Jill brings to his grave a Geranium


25 posted on 08/30/2006 7:21:53 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: blam
Tom Sawyer may always have shirked his homework, but he is more conscientious in learning his Islamic prayers. He is given a "special treat" for learning the Arabic words.

Knowing Mad Mo's (rumored) penchant for buggery and children, I shudder to think of what Tom's "special treat" was.

26 posted on 08/30/2006 7:25:21 PM PDT by Malacoda (Bu**er Islam)
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To: shezza

Because Allah provides no inspiration at all. Creativity doesn't come from thin air.


27 posted on 08/30/2006 7:28:25 PM PDT by Spirited
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To: nothingnew

(golf clap)


28 posted on 08/30/2006 7:34:33 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: blam
My God (the real one), they've stolen our literature too. Oh, what the hell.

Little Miss Muffet
sat on a tuffet,
eating her couscous and honey,

she reached for a tater,
'twas the detonator,
and now she's a virgin for money.

29 posted on 08/30/2006 7:34:36 PM PDT by Sender (“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”)
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To: ChristianDefender

They will be changed to the three little goats, and the evil Zionist wolf will come to blow down their tents. But before the wolf can blow down the third tent, (because there is no time to make bricks) the third goat straps on a suicide vest and blows up his lair.


30 posted on 08/30/2006 7:38:21 PM PDT by abishai
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To: Dumpster Baby

"I Dream of Jihad" was the best.

How about:

"My Three Wives."

"Allah Knows Best."

"Welcome Back to Qatar."

"Good Times (with C4)"

"All Arabian Hero."

"Night Camel Rider"


31 posted on 08/30/2006 7:46:45 PM PDT by abishai
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To: blam

There once was a premier named Erdogan,
He took bribes from the Saudis as fast as you can,
in exchange for sharia law,
he destoyed being secular,
and now women are beaten on beaches.


32 posted on 08/30/2006 7:48:49 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: abishai
"The Jihad Bunch"

"Trick My Camel"

"Three Arabs and a Goat"

"Three's a Jihad"

"Trading Tents"

33 posted on 08/30/2006 7:52:48 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: ET(end tyranny)

"Mohammad Knows Best"


34 posted on 08/30/2006 7:58:26 PM PDT by blam
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To: abishai

LMAO


35 posted on 08/30/2006 8:02:16 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (Never Give Your Enemy (ROP) A Foothold.)
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To: blam

Does Pinocchio's nose grow when he reads the Koran out loud?


36 posted on 08/30/2006 8:25:04 PM PDT by Phocion ("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
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To: kittycatonline.com

Well done! I hadn't considered Snow White as a male. Now the good little chilluns can be properly educated.


37 posted on 08/30/2006 8:25:17 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: blam

Wow! Don't ever let these people read the originals. They might be in for a shock.


38 posted on 08/30/2006 8:26:55 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy (Like food and fun? Join the Freeper Kitchen ping list.)
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To: stm
Can you blame Pinocchio? His head is full of sawdust.

Pinocchio was a bad little block of wood from the beginning.

39 posted on 08/30/2006 8:27:43 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy (Like food and fun? Join the Freeper Kitchen ping list.)
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To: ChristianDefender
Let's also rewrite "The Emperor's New Clothes", so the emperor will be mohammed.
40 posted on 08/30/2006 8:39:39 PM PDT by alecqss
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