Posted on 09/21/2007 10:53:42 AM PDT by 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."
i’m gonna miss all those crazy flavors.
Cocoa Camel
Inshalla Sherbet
Marble Mohammed
Jihadi Jumble
Rahmalamadingdong Honey,Date Swirl
...
Too much to ask that they would have a picture of the “offending” lid, huh?
The child molesting, murdering cult of Islam is offensive to me. Burger King in my area hires only illegal aliens. I already stopped eating there.
it’s sad to say but it’s so true our government as bowed down to the muslims here in the u.k., they have also paid a muslim lawyer £500,000 of our money to represent muslim fanatics in various court cases who want us dead
I never could figure out what good Muslims were doing in a fast-food place that serves bacon cheeseburgers.
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