Burger King Recalls 'Sacrilegious' Desserts (from 2005)

The Scotsman ^ | September 17, 2005 | John Innes

[Jacksonville Patriot]

Burger King recalls 'sacrilegious' desserts JOHN INNES

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."

[mnehring]

No joke, what do they batter those things in, the remnants on the bottom of the fryers?

[Larry Lucido]

Mmmm, sacriligious ice cream. It’s sacrilicious!

[mnehring]

Wouldn't that be sacdelicious?

[MrB]

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."

Come on... this is a parody, right?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I’ve done some sacrilegious things with ice cream....have you?

[EveningStar]

TaЯd ping!

"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread.

[Bringbackthedraft]

What next, the crosses on buildings? Will you have to remove them from churches so not to offend them? Is there anything in the western world that doesn’t offend them? Lets see, what is there in the Muslim world that offends a westerner? Hmmmmmm.

[mnehring]

Sadly no, unless this Internet story was picked up by some major media outlets w/ out fact checking. It wouldn’t be the first time.

[jude24]

“I know I shouldn’t eat thee, but... Mmmm... sacrilicious...”

[SpaceBar]

This article is two years old.

[Bringbackthedraft]

It looks like a big W trying to poke a little w???

[mnehring]

I see the mod was worried about someone offending a pig by printing the name of Allah on it.

:->

[Disambiguator]

If Muslims decide to start blowing up Burger Kings, they can start with the one on Hwy 528 in River’s Edge in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. That place is worthless (it takes them 30 minutes to fill an order, and it’s always been that way).

[Larry Lucido]

The sacriligious ice cream will be replaced by delicious and unoffensive German chocolate treats.

[NCC-1701]

I thought that the moozies didn’t like or partake in pork in any form. What the he!! are they going to BK for anyway? Some moozie had to have broken their “golden rule” and ate there. If you don’t want to be offended, do go in and start a sh#t storm. Revel in your seventh century backward a$$ ways and LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!

[Larry Lucido]

I’ve done some sacrilegious things with ice cream....have you?

That is sick and unsafe!

(You could freeze something. Use chocolate syrup instead!)

[EveningStar]

This article is two years old.

I didn't notice that. Thanks for pointing that out. Duh (slaps self)

[I see my hands]

People rail against PC while submitting to it, practicing it, enforcing it, and defending it.

[NCC-1701]

“...Lets see, what is there in the Muslim world that offends a westerner? Hmmmmmm....”

Their very existence for starters.