Posted on 01/25/2017 7:21:57 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The club crest of Spanish soccer team Real Madrid will not feature the traditional Christian cross on clothing sold in some Middle East countries under a regional deal.
Marka MARKA.DU, a retailing group in the United Arab Emirates, has been granted exclusive rights to "manufacture, distribute and sell Real Madrid products" in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
But Marka Vice Chairman Khaled al-Mheiri told Reuters by phone Real Madrid has two versions of the crest for the Middle East market and that Marka would use the one without the Christian cross due to cultural sensitivities.
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sick of this crap of appeasing muslims and their countries.
To think we have idiots who actually defend this crap too.
The “inclusion thing” lacks the “vision thing” in the ME.
Santiago Matamoros is rolling in his grave.
I’m waiting for CAIR to condemn this instance of religious and cultural intolerance as they would if the situation were exactly reversed, a team jersey from a Moslem country where an Islamic symbol was removed in order to sell the jersey in a non-Islamic nation.
Why would they want to do business in a country that demands this.
BTTT.
Money? Lots of it? If you you want to make a sale you give your customer what he wants.
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