| FrontPageMag.com | By Robert Spencer | By Hugh Fitzgerald | Books | Jihad Watch | Islam 101 | Qur'an Blog | Raymond Ibrahim | Robert Spencer |  |
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
Again. An Islamic Tolerance Alert from our "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" file. "Denmark’s offensive Jewish cookies," from the European Jewish Press (thanks to Writer Mom):
A group of Danish Muslims refuse to eat traditional “Jewish” cookies because they feel offended by the name.
According to the daily Danish newspaper B.T., Ole Poulsen, head of the public food consumer department said that the Muslim refusal to buy the cookies could have an effect on sales.
"If this will be the case, then we would be obliged to do something about it," he declared.
He added that changing the product name was a possibility, as had in the past been done with the “Negroes’ kiss” cakes, which were rebranded with a more neutral name.
Ridiculous. There is no comparison.
Educating population
Jewish cookies, which are made with cinnamon and hazelnuts and actually have nothing particularly Jewish about them, are very popular in Denmark during the pre-Christmas period.
Denmark’s chief rabbi, Bent Lexner, said that he did not see any problem in a name change.
“There is nothing Jewish in it and I wouldn’t mind another name, but I think that it would be better to educate Muslims to respect the culture of the majority in Denmark, if they want the majority to respect their culture".
Most of Denmark’s “Jewish” cookies are not kosher and they are therefore not consumed by a large part of the Jewish population.
Posted by Marisol at March 18, 2008 5:23 PM
Print this entry
| Email this entry
| Digg this
| del.icio.us
I think that it would be better to educate Muslims to respect the culture of the majority in Denmark, if they want the majority to respect their culture
Stamp it, take it to the bank and cash it. There it is right there any time any fool tells you how we have to to this that or the other to appease muslim sensibilities, tell them that. In fact, can we get t-shirts printed with that?
Posted by: Jesus Worshipping Zionist![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 18, 2008 6:06 PM
Reflexive and unthinking bigotry--grounded in religion or not, it ought to be exposed and challenged. What planet are these people from, anyway?
Posted by: John C at March 18, 2008 6:07 PM
Whatever happened to the Jews being the "people of the Book"? Now, the very name "Jew" offends muslims.
He added that changing the product name was a possibility, as had in the past been done with the “Negroes’ kiss” cakes, which were rebranded with a more neutral name.
"Negro" was a derogatory name. We no longer use that name. "Jew" was NEVER a derogatory name, except to anti-semites like Muslims.
The only time muslims will be satisfied is if they are totally in charge, and the rest of us grovel to them. I assure you, that will NEVER happen!
at March 18, 2008 6:10 PM
I just noticed this story is from 2005 (same text as the one I linked above). Taking it down, in case anyone wonders where it went a few minutes from now.
Posted by: MarisolJW at March 18, 2008 6:14 PM
Comments are turned off and archived for this entry.
(Note: Comments on articles are unmoderated, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Dhimmi Watch or Robert Spencer. Comments that are off-topic, offensive, slanderous, or otherwise annoying may be summarily deleted. However, the fact that particular comments remain on the site IN NO WAY constitutes an endorsement by Robert Spencer of the views expressed therein.)