Muslin, not Muslim, but probably a simple explanation will not suffice when there is an opportunity for lucrative victimhood posturing.
“Muslima turns over because of washing notice,” translated from “Muslima dreht wegen Waschhinweis durch,” Journalisten Watch, December 20, 2018 (thanks to Searchlight Germany):
Dusseldorf – When the Muslima Zeynep Can wanted to wash the burp cloths for her son, she glanced at the slip. After reading the washing instructions, she was as stunned as she was highly offended. Her lawyer will now take action.
One month ago, Can bought the cloth at “Babies ‘R’ Us” — a company of the group “Toys ‘R’ Us” — in Derendorf. As she was about to wash her son’s burp cloth, the Muslim woman glanced at the washing instruction.
There she read: “As one of this material’s properties, the Muslims will initially shrink.”
“That should not be done by such a company. I feel insulted. That violates my belief,” said the fun-free Muslim to the Bildzeitung newspaper. Highly shocked by so little “cultural awareness,” Can immediately contacted her lawyer. “My client has instructed me to file a complaint with the prosecutor. And in particular on suspicion of insulting a religious community in accordance with § 166 StGB.”
Does the question still need to be answered as to how something this incredible could happen? Assumption: Apparently, the word “muslim” appeared in the translation instead of the word “muslin” (a cotton-like material).
We await the kowtowing and Islam-submissive apology from the company.
Ernie says
Zeynep Can , beware of this Muslim-vigilante ! She’s the scare of….. What a silly / non-sensical but typical Muslima .
Benedict says
“The Readiness Is All”, as Hamlet says. And the readiness of Muslims to take offense will soon enough result in new terror through bombs and suicide-bombs, because deep down in their psyche Muslims are programmed to kill for their faith and their prophet and trigger warnings avail nothing; in fact they might provoke the very thing they warn against.
Ernie says
” Shrinking the Muslim population is all around a good idea “. I love it , DMB echo !
will Rodgers says
I agree/They’ve already established a Caliphate in Germany and the Communist leader of Germany Merkel is so busy giving them everything they want she can’t take the time to listen to her own citizens, That is why we have to stop the Muhammadans AKA CAIR from taking over here. I find it frightening that the Democrats elected 5 muhammadans to congress in the mid terms while 9/11 is still fresh in the minds of all Americans. That is just another sigh that the Dems like Merkel in Germany have no regard for their own citizens.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Her frivolous lawsuit, based solely on her ludicrous over-reaction to an obvious typo, will be thrown out. But she should be made to pay the legal fees incurred by Babies ‘R Us.
ElderlyZionist says
Her lawyer should be disbarred, and the both of them receive a public flogging. Then tar, feathers and ridden on a rail back to Turkey.
Elisha says
LOL!! On what basis, given your worldview, is it “ludicrous”? Our DNA “neither know nor cares”, right? Your indignation is even more ludicrous than hers.
gravenimage says
Note that Elisha *hates* Anti-Jihadist Hugh Fitzgerald because he is an Atheist. If only Elisha had the same problem with the savagery of Islam that he does with Anti-Jihadists like the brave and principled Mr. Fitzgerald.
For myself, i stand with *all* those who oppose the horrors of Islam.
James Lincoln says
Kowtowing and Islam-submissive apologies will only serve to further decrease the trigger threshold of Muslims.
FYI says
Actually it seems she might need to see one;a …shrink that is.
Perhaps a special islamic discount should be given to encourage the adherents of that cult of muhammed to seek treatment for:delusional thinking,anger management issues,violent projection,abnormal sexual proclivities..AMS{angry muslima syndrome},koranic-based cognitive dissonance…
AMS seems to be a recurrent phenomenon,usually accompanied by a dubious picture of some infidel taken in a store with a conveniently handy ready-to-roll camera or whilst driving along the highway{“he saw my hijab and then he glared at me your honor” said the devout lad}
{And shrink reminds me for some reason of “Honey,I shrunk the kids”,perhaps an islamic version “Habibi,I ate my infidel neighbor’s children” or “the little islamic halal butchers shop of animal cruelty horrors”}
muslims should Shrink,muslims should Shirk:
my new adopted thought for the year…
jayell says
“That (‘muslims will shrink’) should not be done by such a company. I feel insulted. That violates my belief.”
1. She is mortally offended by a simple and very obvious spelling error on small insignificant garment label and has this grossly disproportionate and stupidly histrionic defensive reaction? Why? Has she got some unknown psychological problem? Does she suffer from some kind of mental instability? Or has this touched a raw nerve because she sees this as a sign of the extent to which she and her sort are detested in the country that she has invaded? Or has she got such an inflated opinion of herself that anything less than grovelling subservience from the local kuffar is seen as intolerable insubordination to be punished with the utmost available severity? Or combination of all that lot?
2. Mr Spencer could answer this one. Since she says in ‘violates her religion’, where in the Qur’an does it contain any teachings about anything to do with shrinkage? We know that it encourages obesity – of the ego, that is.
The quote from this woman sounds just a bit like the sort of corny line from the stereotypical apoplectic SS or Gestapo officer character that you’d expect to see in a typical WW2 movie. Give her the uniform, and you’d complete the picture. Although, if she was wearing her islamic garb, a wardrobe department might reasonably claim that she was already suitably dressed for the part.
Benedict says
There is money to be made in offense taking. In Sweden not long ago a Muslim women was granted 40.000 SEK as compensation for the damage done to her, when she was denied a job because she wouldn’t shake hand with a male. Where do the islamophobic judges in Europe draw the line? And who can definitely exclude the possibility that it was a facetious wisecracker who made the “typo”?
jewdog says
Don’t worry lady, your brain is incapable of further shrinkage.
Cthulhu says
The Muslims willa shrink. Strange. They usually explode 😉
Cthulhu says
*will
ItsReallyQuiteClear says
The greatest sin, that which a fabric must avoid at all costs is shrink: associating the wrong word with the name of the fabric.
somehistory says
Fools. Her and her attorney.
There have been so many, many times a product was purchased and the instructions were written by a non English speaking writer for American consumers. Wrong words used, words used incorrectly,…some of it very funny…but some could be viewed as insulting to the reader.
How many normal humans sue over this kind of thing? A normal person would have laughed it off. The moslim sees a way to make the company pay her for having bought the “burp cloth.”
Did she even read it correctly? Was there really a typo on the label? Either way, this suit should be thrown out with orders for her to pay the court and legal costs to the company..
It’s nothing more than a scam to get big bucks.
gravenimage says
Germany: Muslima enraged, files suit over washing instructions that say “Muslims will shrink”
……………………
Non-Muslims would just get a laugh out of a typo or poor translation like this.
For a while back in the 1960s and ’70s, there was a whole series of humor pieces here in English over bad instruction translations on goods from Japan and China. Some of these left consumers scratching their heads, but no one was offended.
alex smythe says
There’s a hilarious website entitled “engrish (dot) com” which features many funny examples of poorly-translated “Engrish” words and terms. For example, a clothing label in French which says something like, “Fabrique en Dindon” (“Made in Turkey”…obviously confusing the bird species with the country of Turkey.) That site has been up forever. In the intro, they also explain that they are not trying to mock people who are non-native English speakers. After all,” many Westerners gets tattooed with Chinese characters, without even knowing the meaning.”
gravenimage says
🙂
lesley says
Nobody said consanguineous marriage made people smarter. This would be hilarious if their ideology wasnt causing so much death and destruction…
Mo says
This must be from The Onion. This can’t be for real.
Anjuli Pandavar says
This was not a spelling error, but an omission on account of the limited space on the label. The company was merely advising the mother to remove the baby from the burp cloth before putting it in the washing machine. “A Muslim could shrink if washed together with Muslin for the first time” is what the company meant to say. “Muslims will initially shrink” fitted nicely on the label. Fair enough, *but only if Allah wills it*, which the company failed to mention. Naturally, Muslim would be deeply offended. There is no excuse for such cultural insensitivity.
But in the interest of balance, it must also be pointed out that to date, no fatwa has been issued on the permissibility of reading clothing labels. The woman should first have consulted the ulama who would have pronounced on the correct Islamic response to clothing labels. For example, should clothing with labels be haram? Should clothing with labels be placed on a par with clothing that had been worn by infidels and hence be ritually unclean? Should people who handle clothing with labels have their hands and feet chopped off? Should those who read clothing labels have their eyes gouged out? Should the wearing of clothing with labels amount to apostasy? Should buildings in which clothing with labels are sold or made be burnt to the ground? These are all very complex questions and we should declare a moratorium on entering buildings where such items are sold until the ulama has pronounced their verdict.
This, once again, proves the dangers of rushing into a Western way of life. A halal interim alternative would have been to send a slave to do the laundry.
Allah knows best.
Jan Favre says
She confused between Muslim and Mousseline which is a tissue which can shrink after washing. However false vicitmhood is a kind of Jihad.
Ole Pederson says
Well, education and the ability to read is not too popular among muslims. Being offended, more like.
Ade Fegan says
“files suit” ? .. ha ha .. this just gets funnier all the time !
jack says
and Shiites don’t burn.
DougM says
I once saw a sig n that said, “Please putting into your things the right time.”
As a procrastinator, I was deeply offended and I’m going to file suit! …eventually.
Maybe tomorrow.