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Britain
Burger King recalls 'sacrilegious' desserts
2005-09-17
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."
Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to slap him?
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 don't. I condemn their pitiful lack of anything resembling a spine. If I ate their food, I'd boycott them. But since I don't like it anyway, I'll just ignore the whole thing after a token roll of the eyes.
Posted by:Groluns Snoluter6338

#18  I dunno -- the Arabic looks a bit like a Dubya to me.
Posted by: Darrell   2005-09-17 19:43  

#17  They need to turn their sensitivity meter down from Very High to Normal. Achmed, it's ICE CREAM you rube.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-09-17 19:30  

#16  Jihad response to the shape of an ice cream cone top????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
**Bang** **Kapow** **Crack zzzzzzzzzz**

Incoming! **WTF?** Jihad in a Burger King??? These must be the End Times™. The world has gone mad.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-09-17 19:09  

#15  I'm missing something. If BK wanted to intentionally decorate all its products with Arabic slogans celebrating Allah and His Messenger, would that offend Muslims? I suppose Christians would be delighted to find a company that wrote "Jesus" on all its cups. They would assume the company was run by like minded fellow believers. Muslims jump right to jihad. Is there any problem jihad can't solve?

Posted by: Baba Tutu   2005-09-17 17:58  

#14  Is there a more insecure whining bunch of under-endowed pussies than the typical Islamic male? A sharp elbow blow to the cranium is what his reply should've been, along with public ridicule and mirth
Posted by: Frank G   2005-09-17 15:27  

#13  BK is off the list of crap food places I'll eat now. Buh Bye BK.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-09-17 15:02  

#12  yeah I can see a shriveled up ice cream cone going on ebay for thousands of dollars that has allah's image right now.
yes it is very pathetic that they give in.

Interesting how this is outrageous to them, but the crescent for the memorial shouldn't be an issue.
Posted by: Jan   2005-09-17 14:16  

#11  This guy probably sees Allah in the skidmarks in his shorts.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-09-17 13:56  

#10  I wonder how Mr. Aktar would do on the Rorschach test? First, you have to rotate the ice cream whirl drawing a certain way to compare it to the Arabic for Allah, but it doesn't even come close.
Just another case of a bullying Muslim.
Posted by: GK   2005-09-17 12:40  

#9  The Brits are pledging to Alpha Smegma Jihad: "Please sir, may I have another?"
Posted by: xbalanke   2005-09-17 12:25  

#8  Lost in the dessert.

http://www.pbfcomics.com/temporary/PBF066ADLost.jpg
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-09-17 11:33  

#7  If you spin it one way to the right you are offending Muslims.

And if you spin it all the way to the left, it says "Paul is dead!"

Posted by: Desert Blondie   2005-09-17 11:05  

#6  wow this is really going to far, not that i even eat at burger king but what the fck is going on here. I want a 'Mad Mullah Swirl' please with extra 'Jihadi flakes' on top. What about fckin Pigs in butchers shops eh - we gotta stop selling them too?? this is mad
Posted by: ShepUK   2005-09-17 10:20  

#5  I'd go after the Saudis, Its not a good idea to sue poor people.
Posted by: bk   2005-09-17 08:57  

#4  I'm offended by the existance of a religion founded by a pervert that was banging a 9 year old and advocates the murder of non-believers.
Who can I sue?
Posted by: JerseyMike   2005-09-17 08:05  

#3  Read the comments at Dhimmiwatch - interesting...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-09-17 06:07  

#2  pix of the insensitive ice cream swirl over at DhimmiWatch
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/
Posted by: classer   2005-09-17 04:51  

#1  Britain is lost. They have bought the Dhimmi role entirely.

Pathetic.
Posted by: Omerens Omaigum2983   2005-09-17 04:33  

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