{"id":2231,"date":"2005-09-17T20:04:51","date_gmt":"2005-09-18T01:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2231"},"modified":"2005-09-17T18:16:23","modified_gmt":"2005-09-17T23:16:23","slug":"good_ice_cream_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/17\/good_ice_cream_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Good ice cream can be a spiritual experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new Brit blog Pickled Politics<\/a> links to a funny story that you just have to see to believe:<\/p>\n\n

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The design on the lid apparently looks like the word ‘Allah’ in Arabic.<\/p>\n

One customer told the Sun the design was “sacreligious”. BK says: “As a result of feedback our supplier is amending the design.” MCB’s Inayat Bunglawala: “We commend the sensitive and prompt action to prevent any hurt being caused to the religious sensibilities of others.”\n

It beggars belief that the Muslim Council of Britain keep giving credence to these stupid stories with their own quotes. For god’s sake, it only gives the impression that all Muslims are hyper-sensitive. BK should never have changed this, I haven’t seen a single campaign or email about this issue<\/strong>.<\/blockquote>\n\n

The Scotsman<\/a> fills in the ridiculous details:<\/p>\n\n

The offending lid was spotted in a branch in Park Royal last week by business development manager Rashad Akhtar, 27, of High Wycombe. <\/p>\n

He was not satisfied by the decision to withdraw the cones and has called on Muslims to boycott Burger King<\/strong>. He said: “This is my jihad. How can you say it is a spinning swirl? If you spin it one way to the right you are offending Muslims<\/strong>.” \n

A Muslim Council spokesman said: “We commend the sensitive and prompt action that Burger King has taken.”<\/blockquote>\n\n

Mmmmm.  Softserve ice cream.  Obviously Akhtar has never got his swirl on otherwise he’d know that, that<\/em> is in fact what a tight spiral on a softserve cone looks like.  My college dorm at UMich had a softserve ice cream machine.  Every day I’d come back from the gym and make two glasses of softserve milkshakes with dinner.  Intending no offense I ask you, is it so wrong to be reminded of God when contemplating the goodness of ice cream?<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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