What offends Muslims?

THINGS THAT OFFEND MUSLIMS
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Moderator: The author of this article has captured the real tick issues with the extremists Muslims. What is written here is the truth, a speck of the truth but not the whole truth. This is as true as watching the evening news in your city and concluding that in the twenty minutes of news, that the people of the city murderers, rapists, arsonits, robbers, theives and looters.

The good news: The consumption of this news is mainly by the tabloid readers and those who like to gossip. The average Americans, like a average Christians, Muslims, Hindus or others know this is for the hype and does not have much grounding apply to the average, meaning the one's you run into work, bus, grocery store, movie theaters etc.

The article now:
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Here is an excellent compliation of "things that offend muslims" that I thought I'd pass along to my readers - I am sure that you can come up with many others to add. I think my New Year's Resolution will be to not only refuse to caveat my writings with politically correct panderings but also to do at least a few of the items on this list.

Things That Offend Muslims
by Amboy Times

01Jan, 2007

This list is a work in progress. I welcome suggestions. Anyone who has more items to add to the list, post them in the comments.

The intent of the list is to illustrate the futility of the multicultural approach to Islam. Sharia law demands submission not only from Muslims, but from non-Muslims as well. This makes respectful coexistence nearly impossible with Muslims in Infidel lands. The examples below serve as reminder that submitting to one complaint or another only emboldens Muslims to seek to further their ultimate goal of establishing sharia.

The West needs to come to grips with this fact and start standing up for our God-given rights of free speech, free expression and freedom of religion, lest we surrender those rights to a theocratic movement bent on removing our Constitutional freedoms that we hold dear. In this case, our tolerance will lead to intolerance.

Flags

The English Flag being flown in England, as well as St. George Pins, worn by Englishmen in England.
Austrian flag, Soccer Ball with Saudi Flag.

Buildings

The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, The Giant Buddhas, The new Apple store in Manhattan. The Beslan Memorial, Pool halls and coffee shops, Kaaba-Shaped Bar in NY.

Christians

The Trinity, Pope Benedict XVI. Pope John Paul II, Australian Prime Minister John Howard , Coptic Pope Shenouda III., Robert Spencer, The name "Crusaders" , The Cross, Christmas presents, Bibles, Lip synching videos, Craig Winn, Prayer, Valentine's Day, Christians who accidentally touch the Koran, Street Evangelists.

Jews

The existence of Israel, The reality of the holocaust, Holocaust Day (UK), Teaching of the Holocaust.

Hindus/Buddhist's

The Dalai Lama

Cartoons

The Danish Cartoons, Videos of Danes drawing Mohammed. Cartoons about Uday and Qusay's death. These photoshops, The Buddy Christ, Cambridge University cartoon, Pokemon, Opus.

Movies/TV/Theater/Radio

The Movie "The Passion of the Christ" The Italian Film, 'Il mercante di pietre' (The Stone Merchant) "24", Disney's "Aladdin", Vincent Gogh's "Submission", A French play by Voltaire, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" Rubber duck hostage video, Ohio CarAd, The Movie ,"300" PBS Documentary "Islam v Islamists" Jihad, the Musical.

Food

Burger King ice cream cones, Jewish cookies. pork, even when consumed by non-Muslims. Alcohol, Quebec day-care lunch menu, Hot-Cross Buns, Coca Cola, Easter Eggs, Ham Sandwiches accidentally served to Muslim prisoners, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches served in Jail.


Music

Music in general, A rap CD with Quranic verses. An award winning Spanish song, A party honoring late rock star Freddy Mercury, Mozart, Gospel music in a church van.

Humor/Satire

Disc jockey humor.

Animals

Piggy banks The Chinese "Year of the Pig" Toy Pigs, Pig-shaped stress relievers, Piglet from Winnie the Pooh, The Three Little Pigs, Dogs, guide dogs.

Public Figures

Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem, and Zachariah Anani, "The 3 Ex-Terrorists." Daniel Pipes, Ayaan Hirsi-Ali, Wafa Sultan, MP Phil Woolas (UK), Virgil Goode, Jack Straw, Bloggers The US Congress


Women

The passport photo of a 5 year old girl, Women who allow themselves to be raped, The Panty Jihad, Egyptian feminist Nawal al-Saadawi, The clitoris, Hugging a man in public, The breasts of female mannequins, female dolls, pin-ups on RAF jets, Unclothed Sex, Breast Feeding, Britney and Madonna, Male Gynaecologists, the word Women, refusing to wear the hijab.


Books/Publications and writers

Salmon Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses,' Rushdie's Knighthood, books of ex-Muslim Ibn Warraq, books by Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin, a book by an Egyptian feminist., French and German Newspapers, Canadian Flyers, Nobel Prize winning author, Naguib Mahfouz, Harry Potter, Martin Amis, Mark Steyn.


Art

Tate British Museum, Delta College, Harper College Photo Exhibit

Grooming

Barbers , eyebrow plucking for men, Hair Gel.

Clothing

Western-style trousers, Colored Underwear, Nike "flame" logo, Italian Soccer Team's Shirts, Iraqi Tennis Players Wearing Shorts.

Miscellaneous

Airport security, A Yemini man who refused to wake up for prayers, Mustafa Shag, Prison toilets, Indrek Wichman, Barbers , eyebrow plucking for men, Chess, Staring or looking, Nike "flame" logo, Polio Vaccine, a moment of silence to commemorate 9/11 in Brussels, Colored Underwear, Koran-Themed Toilet Seats, Exxon, LAPD, Bluetooth, Witchcraft, the term "War on Terror", Emergency Relief from the USN, Teddy Bear named Mohammed by Schoolchildren, Sweden, Homosexuals.