Some soccer balls carry the flags of nations like Saudi Arabia---the latter depicting the words "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah," with a sword to stress the point, which, incidentally, non-Muslims may find "offensive." But who cares about that?
"2010 ads offend Muslims," from The Times, November 11:
Muslims have taken offence at the use of sacred Islamic texts in advertising for the 2010 World Cup.2010 Special Report
"In particular, as advertising for the 2010 Fifa World Cup gathers momentum, there have been soccer balls bearing the national flags of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq in circulation," the Jumiatul Ulama (Council of Muslim Theologians) said in a statement today.
"These flags carry Islamic proclamations considered sacred by Muslims.
"Usage in this manner has the potential of offending adherents of the Islamic faith."
The Jumiatul Ulama said it had observed an increasing trend in the use of sacred Islamic texts in print advertising and promotional merchandise.
"Muslims handle and dispose of such sacred texts with utmost respect. We would therefore like to bring to the attention of publishers, advertisers, printers, publicists and all concerned about the sensitivities the Muslim community has about the use of any type of media with sacred Islamic text."
The council has offered its guidance to agencies involved in all kinds of advertising on the "appropriateness" of the use of Arabic texts, arabesque art and calligraphy "which may have subtly embedded sacred text".
The World Cup Local Organising Committee was not immediately available for comment.
The Saudi flag offends infidels too.
Sounds more like the 2010 Fitna World Cup to me!
Well, do anybody know of any instance when muslims, holding to traditional views have not minded when somebody is kicking on what´s sacred of to us, like our flags and our constitutions?
This, again?
Is the World Cup Organizing Committee unaware of what happened the last time a flag representing a predominently Muslim country was included on the ball?
What idiots! Now we are going to be forced the to listen to the whining, pissing and moaning from Mo'Mad's worshippers.
Yeah...Get rid of those Allah soccer balls...Your not going to kick Islam around any more...
I was wondering what the "World Cub" was until I got halfway through this article. Saudi and Iranian flags offend me too. Finally Muslims and I have one thing in common.
When you put something sacred on a flag, it becomes profane.
i wonder if all right for moslems to put their sayings on their flags, banners and posters stating death to unbelievers.
..."When you put something sacred on a flag, it becomes profane"....
Well said. No further comment necessary.
Later
Albert
No problem. Take off the flag and the country too, that is, delete them from the roster of teams that are entitled to compete.
Hahahahahaha yeah just kick the balls around with those flags on them, watch there might be a world wide rampage of psycho behavior no amount of sedatives or anti psycho medications can repress the rage in Mohammedans.
As long as I can remember I've seen that sword on the Saudi flag but never really SAW it. O.M.G. there IS an effing sword on their effing flag! Truth in advertising.
I'm offended that a billion idiots get offended over every single trifling thing to the point that they become homicidal.
Muslims are "offended?"
WHO CARES!
Football, now that`s a religion, one whose adherents will not submit to a barbaric, backward cult.
You`re shiite, and you know you are.
Offending Muslims? How can you not? Everything offends them. Except mass-murders, cutting little girls'genital tissue, stoning people, cutting their arms and legs off, cutting their heads off, taking hostages for ransom -- It's like Islam stands morality upside down.
The Religion of Perpetual Outrage.
Click on this link for a (provisional) list of '95 things that fuel Muslim extremism'.
http://jihadwatch.org/archives/013525.php
And this, by an apostate who calls himself 'Abul Kasem', entitled, 'When is Islam Oppressed?'
http://www.islam-watch.org/AbulKasem/IslamOppressed.htm
And this: the ever-expanding 'List of Things That Offend Muslims'.
http://amboytimes.typepad.com/the_amboy_times/2007/02/the_list_of_thi.html
They ought to print the mo-bomber cartoon figure on those balls.
Other than that the offended parties can kiss my ...
joeblough,
What a splendid idea! LOL... I love it!
The World Cup Local Organising Committee was not immediately available for comment.
That's no surprise. South Africa is shit scared of it's muslim community, for some reason.
Im waiting until English have to gove up their "crusader" national flag, to avoid upsetting muslims. And they will give them up, but grumble about it later in the pub and do nothing ever about it.
"Muslims have taken offense..."
Muslims take offense at everything. Just ignore them, or laugh at them. They hate that.