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Denmark: "Jewish" cookies offend Muslims
Denmarkâs offensive Jewish cookies By Yigal Romm in Copenhagen Updated: 06/Dec/2005 19:09 A group of Danish Muslims refuse to eat traditional âJewishâ cookies because they feel offended by the name. According to the daily Danish newspaper B.T., Ole Poulsen, head of the public food consumer department said that the Muslim refusal to buy the cookies could have an effect on sales. "If this will be the case, then we would be obliged to do something about it," he declared. He added that changing the product name was a possibility, as had in the past been done with the âNegroesâ kissâ cakes, which were rebranded with a more neutral name. Educating population Jewish cookies, which are made with cinnamon and hazelnuts and actually have nothing particularly Jewish about them, are very popular in Denmark during the pre-Christmas period. Denmarkâs chief rabbi, Bent Lexner, said that he did not see any problem in a name change. âThere is nothing Jewish in it and I wouldnât mind another name, but I think that it would be better to educate Muslims to respect the culture of the majority in Denmark, if they want the majority to respect their culture". Most of Denmarkâs âJewishâ cookies are not kosher and they are therefore not consumed by a large part of the Jewish population. They really wouldn't like my Jewish-Rantburg cookies; shaped like an AH-64 Apache and baked in Hellfire. Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-12-06 |
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