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."
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."
#119303 - 09/19/0501:48 PMRe: Muslim threatens jihad against Burger King
Saevus Maximus
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Fuck the Middle East
There's too many problems
They just get in the way
We could sure live without them
They hijack our planes
They raise our oil prices
We'll kill them all and have a ball
And end thier fuckin' crisis
Edited by Saevus Maximus (09/19/0501:57 PM)
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#119305 - 09/19/0503:51 PMRe: Muslim threatens jihad against Burger King
Phlogiston
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We should be horrified that one Muslim can cause an entire corporation to backpedal over his crazed perception of the name "Allah" on an ice cream lid. I suppose BK execs like being able to start their own cars without breaking into a cold sweat.
As a militant non-appeaser, I'd go the opposite direction and create "Crazy Muhammed's all pork children's menu" or something like that where all profits go into the hands of defense contractors developing a specialized JDAM missile called the "mosque buster".
Unfortunately, BK probably won't be looking on porn forums for their next CEO. Too bad.
#119306 - 09/19/0504:49 PMRe: Muslim threatens jihad against Burger King
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Yeah, I could imagine if they put the representations of the Virgin Mary on hamburger wrappers, it'd be pretty tasteless. But that ice cream lid had been sitting up in that tree just fine before that wacko came along. Nobody else complained about them. Then, just to prove he's a wacko, after Burger King goes to the ridiculous expense of replacing all their ice cream lids to make him happy, he keeps bitching.
#119307 - 09/19/0511:09 PMRe: Muslim threatens jihad against Burger King
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Quote: Fuck the Middle East There's too many problems They just get in the way We could sure live without them They hijack our planes They raise our oil prices We'll kill them all and have a ball And end thier fuckin' crisis
#119308 - 09/20/0508:42 AMRe: Muslim threatens jihad against Burger King
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Quote:
Quote: Fuck the Middle East There's too many problems They just get in the way We could sure live without them They hijack our planes They raise our oil prices We'll kill them all and have a ball And end thier fuckin' crisis
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