Saturday, January 27, 2007

Year of the Pig pisses off Muslims

  

I thought the deal with Islam was that you were not supposed to eat pork. Why would a centuries old cultural tradition suddenly piss off Muslims?

The imam of the Taipei Grand Mosque complained to Taiwan's foreign minister for sending him a greeting card for the Chinese New Year showing four pigs, a newspaper said on Saturday.

After receiving the New Year card, Imam Ma Hsiao-chi pointed out to the Foreign Ministry that the card was offensive to Muslims, the Liberty Times reported. Muslims do not eat pork and regard pigs as unclean animals.

Source: Muslim Imam Objects To Year Of Pig Greeting Cards - World News

Memo to Muslims - animals, especially bacon producing animals, should be holy.

 

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