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Saudis Demand Punishment for McDonald's Toy They Say "Insults Muhammed"
Gatestone Institute ^ | 2012-05-28 | Raymond Ibrahim

Posted on 05/29/2012 6:32:33 AM PDT by cartan

According to the Saudis, the designs that appear all around the base, where the figure stomps its foot, is really the name “Muhammed” written several times in circles.

Saudi Arabians are angry at a McDonald’s toy which they say mocks their prophet Muhammad. According to a report appearing today (5/27/12) on the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, the McDonald’s fast food restaurant “abused the Prophet Muhammad by placing his name at the base of a toy that is being distributed as part of the Happy Meal, a toy which steps on the name ‘Muhammad.’”

The toy consists of a blue superhero figurine (apparently a Power Ranger Samurai; click here for pictures). It stands on one leg, and, when the lever is pressed, it pounds on the base with the other leg. According to the Saudis, the designs that appear all around the base, where the figurine stomps its foot, is really the name “Muhammad” written several times in circles.

The toy had been distributed a few days before Saudi children and their parents began to take note of the name. Soon thereafter, Saudi Muslims launched several campaigns against McDonald’s in “response to the savage attacks on the noble Prophet,” under banners like “Help your Prophet!” and “Together in support of the Prophet.”

Saudis, “demanding the strongest possible punishment for the restaurant” and insisting that “they will not be silent until this is realized,” further complained how such an obvious insult could pass the supervision of the management at McDonalds.

In response, “Saudi McDonald’s” has withdrawn the toy from all its restaurants, “in order to safeguard against any accusations or misunderstandings.”


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Terrible! Muslims outraged! Heads must roll! Obama must apologize! How could they??

1 posted on 05/29/2012 6:32:39 AM PDT by cartan
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To: cartan

Geeze! I sometimes think the world has gone completely mad!


2 posted on 05/29/2012 6:36:00 AM PDT by basil (it's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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Two things:

1. WTF???

2. Can we buy these things in the millions and carpet bomb the Middle East with them?


3 posted on 05/29/2012 6:38:04 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: cartan

Poor McDonald’s. The toys are my kids’ favorite part of going, and soon, there will be none. We only go about once a month, so it is a treat for them. I’m so tired of the PC crap!


4 posted on 05/29/2012 6:38:24 AM PDT by SmileRight
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To: basil

These are the same people who riot over cartoons, they have been mad for a while now.


5 posted on 05/29/2012 6:38:28 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: cartan
Shees, when your writing is but a squiggle, everything looks like "Mohammed".

Hope they don't find out about the crescent moon design on our outhouses.
6 posted on 05/29/2012 6:39:19 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
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To: cartan

But they seem to be cool with the giant marihuana leaf planted on the figure’s face...

(I would have thought those scribbles would be lightning or sparks or something like that - but then I’m no Saudi.)


7 posted on 05/29/2012 6:39:57 AM PDT by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)
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To: basil

Guess the muzzie’s stepped in it this time. Why does line squiggles make them think it is mohammad is beyond any relational thought. They truely are mad.


8 posted on 05/29/2012 6:41:32 AM PDT by cameraeye (A happy kaffir!)
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To: jospehm20

“These are the same people who riot over cartoons, they have been mad for a while now.”

___

Since about 700 AD.


9 posted on 05/29/2012 6:41:39 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: cartan

Hey dude,

I think your thread is gonna get locked.

Problem? Dup, about 16 minutes ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889036/posts


10 posted on 05/29/2012 6:42:22 AM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimze, my handle is a Hate Crime. Hope they don't like it.)
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To: cartan

That actually does look like the name Muhammad in common Arabic scrawl.


11 posted on 05/29/2012 6:44:11 AM PDT by Lady Lucky (Non-compliant, not govt-issued, and not voting for Romney.)
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To: cartan
Muhammad was a pervert, child molester, is in hell with all his Muslim friends.
12 posted on 05/29/2012 6:48:54 AM PDT by boomop1
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To: ConradofMontferrat
Different articles about the same subject aren’t “dups.”
13 posted on 05/29/2012 6:50:06 AM PDT by cartan
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To: cartan

Stomps on the name of Mo?.........I GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THESE!!!!!!!!!............checking eBay..............


14 posted on 05/29/2012 6:51:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: cartan
The religion of the perpetually offended. When do they start blowing up McDonalds?
15 posted on 05/29/2012 6:51:24 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: basil

It’s not the world, it’s the Middle East and we seem to cater to them. All American companies should pull out of that area of the world and see if they survive in the worlds economy. I would doubt it very much. If they want to live in the 7th Century, let them.


16 posted on 05/29/2012 6:52:39 AM PDT by RC2 (Buy American and support the Wounded Warrior Project whenever possible.)
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To: cartan

That child-raping madman Mohammed was not a prophet.


17 posted on 05/29/2012 6:53:24 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: cartan

I demand punishment for Saudis


18 posted on 05/29/2012 6:54:17 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: ConradofMontferrat; cartan

Too much drama, Conrad. If you’re not Sam Elliott drinking sarsaparilla soda in a cult classic, calling someone out as “dude” is probably too much.


19 posted on 05/29/2012 6:56:11 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Truth29

Oil soaked bloody savages!!


20 posted on 05/29/2012 6:57:58 AM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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