Spot the difference
Take a long hard look at the tow images to the left. Can you tell the difference?
If you spotted that the one on the left is an ice-cream cone and the one on the right isn’t, you’re doing a whole lot better than the MCB’s Inayat Bunglawala, and Burger King, for that matter.
Both MediaWatchWatch and Pickled Politics have picked up a story from that renowned journal that is The Sun, according to which the fast food chain are to withdraw their cones because customers have complained that the swirl looks a bit like the Arabic for Allah.
According to the MCB’s Inayat Bunglawala
We commend the sensitive and prompt action to prevent any hurt being caused to the religious sensibilities of others.
According to the far more level-headed folks at Pickled Politics
It beggars belief that the Muslim Council of Britain keep giving credence to these stupid stories with their own quotes. For god’s sake, it only gives the impression that all Muslims are hyper-sensitive. BK should never have changed this, I haven’t seen a single campaign or email about this issue.
The similarity is only there if you are determined to get offended.
Sunday 18 Sep 2005 | Paul | UK
I agree with Paul that you can ONLY be offended by something like this if you are DETERMINED to be offended. I am Muslim, and I don’t see ANY reason why someone should get offended by this. Why should someone even think along those lines???!!! People like the one(s) who complained about this ice cream lid are giving the religion a nasty name, and like Paul said, making ALL Muslims seems hyper-sensitive. They are destroying the religion. God!!! (Oh, just realized that writing “God” might offend them too, as they don’t call God by anything but “Allah”) Burger King is probably too tired of all the stupid things Muslims are doing using Islam as an excuse. Hence they didn’t feel like fighting this, so that shows how mature they, but I wish they’d keep selling this ice cream to make the point that some people should get their head out of the gutter!
u son of a bitch. u lak dicipline