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  • Iran Renames Danish Pastries (Now & forever to be referred to a "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad." )

    02/16/2006 1:04:47 PM PST · by presidio9 · 66 replies · 1,010+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 2/16/06 | ALI AKBAR DAREINI
    Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad." Bakeries across the capital were covering up their ads for Danish pastries Thursday after the confectioners' union ordered the name change in retaliation for caricatures of the Muslim prophet published in a Danish newspaper. "Given the insults by Danish newspapers against the prophet, as of now the name of Danish pastries will give way to 'Rose of Muhammad' pastries," the union said in its order. "This is a punishment for those who started misusing...