Sometimes you just wanna say, “Sheesh, fellas, lighten up, already,” but that’s probably blasphemous, too.
“Indonesia nightlife chain Holywings accused of blasphemy after using ‘Muhammad’ in marketing campaign,” by Anne Grace Savitha, Malay Mail, June 24, 2022:
PETALING JAYA, June 24 — Indonesian nightlife chain Holywings has issued an apology after backlash over what has been regarded as a blasphemous marketing campaign using the name Muhammad.
In the now-deleted post, Holywings promised a bottle of Gordon’s dry gin for men named Muhammad while women who are named Maria would get a bottle of Gordon’s Pink Gin every Thursday, reported Coconuts Jakarta.
Although Maria is an important figure in both the Bible and the Quran, the outrage was centred on the use of the name Muhammad, who is the last prophet in Islam.
The nightlife chain issued an apology on Instagram yesterday and promised to do better for future marketing campaigns….
Many were infuriated in the comments section saying that the marketing team should have known better than to post something related to the country’s main Islamic faith.
“This marketing brand is an insult to the Islamic faith,” wrote @suandharu.
CogitoErgoSum says
They really messed up. They should have offered a free bottle of camel piss. It was something the original Muhammad endorsed and drank himself for good health.
gravenimage says
🙂
Andrew Blackadder says
This report came from Malaysia and not Indonesia…Why?.
Emilie Green says
“This marketing brand is an insult to the Islamic faith,” wrote @suandharu.
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Just after 09/11/2001 I began my book, Things Muslims Don’t Like.
I’ve been at it full-bore these last 20 years and I still can’t see an end date.
Rarely says
What do you take for writer’s cramp?
gravenimage says
Very funny–but also true.
Mo Ham Ed says
Should have offered a ham sandwich.
gravenimage says
Indonesia: Muslims accuse nightlife chain of blasphemy for offering free bottle of gin to men named Muhammad
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Good grief. I’d tell them to get a life, but they’d rather mess up yours.
Besides, this is obviously just alliteration–“Muhammad” is the male name, and “Maria”–not even a vaguely Muslim name–is the female name. It’s pretty obvious that this is an ongoing promotion, with different names each time.
But pious Muslims always scream “blasphemy”. They probably want to get these nightclubs shut down in any case, and this is just an excuse.
Bikinis not Burkas says
The perfect man, NOT, defective DNA.
Muhammad was WHITE!
http://quranx.com/Hadith/Muslim/Reference/Hadith-2340/
Muhammad was a dwarf and fat!
http://sunnah.com/abudawud/42/154