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| Pinocchio, Aramis, Tom Sawyer, Heidi converted to Islam |
| 2006-08-31 |
| Malcolm Moore in Antalya Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum. "Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto, his maker, in a book stamped with the crest of the ministry of education. "Thanks be to Allah," the puppet says later. In The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan is told that he cannot visit Aramis. The reason would surprise the author, Alexandre Dumas. An old woman explains: "He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness." Tom Sawyer may always have shirked his homework, but he is more conscientious in learning his Islamic prayers. He is given a "special treat" for learning the Arabic words. Pollyanna, seen by some as the embodiment of Christian forgiveness, says that she believes in the end of the world as predicted in the Koran. Heidi, the Swiss orphan girl in the tale by Johanna Spyri, is told that praying to Allah will help her to relax. Several more books have been altered, including La Fontaine's fables and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. The clumsy insertions by Islamic publishing houses have caused controversy in Turkey, which has been a strongly secular state since the 1920s. Other books contain insults, slang and rude rhymes which mock the president and the prime minister. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is Turkey's first Islamic premier, has called for swift action to be taken against the publishers. The education ministry has threatened to take legal action against any publisher which continues to issue such books. Huseyin Celik, the education minister, said: "If there are slang and swear words, we will sue them for using the ministry logo." |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #13 Wow, actually I think this could be rather fun. Re-writing stories with an Islamic twist to them... Lemme see...Pinnochio...yes, he finds an Island of j00000 boys playing cards and drinking...only, they don't turn into donkeys...No! They turn into pigs and apes. And then theres his two friends, one is blind....one is lame... Yeah! I think this could be lots of fun. :) |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-08-31 22:13 |
| #12 nice Moose :-) Protocols of the Elders of Islam |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-31 19:49 |
| #11 Imagine how much fun it would be if an anonymous someone wrote an additional "lost" chapter of the Koran, in which Mohammed is baptized, after learning that only Jesus can save him from going to Hell for his violent and perverted acts. It ends with a prediction that Mohammed's teachings will be corrupted by countless worshippers of Satan, all claiming to be Moslem holy men. But they can be recognized because they are afraid to gaze on the face or body of women, and they always seek after jihad, and hate peace. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-08-31 18:43 |
| #10 Sorta Jim. Your genitals get cut off, but you get to work in a harem. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-31 18:03 |
| #9 Hey! What about me Boss? Does I get a happy ending? |
| Posted by: Jim 2006-08-31 17:47 |
| #8 So, it ain't just airplanes that get hi-jacked by the muzzies. Boy, won't these |
| Posted by: GK 2006-08-31 16:45 |
| #7 I especially liked the part where Huck beheads Jim after Aunt Polly issues a fatwa against him. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2006-08-31 15:53 |
| #6 Twain must be spinning. Nah. He's screaming about "baksheesh". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-08-31 15:38 |
| #5 In the Jewish version of Tom Sawyer, after the fence painting, Tom goes into the construction business. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2006-08-31 15:37 |
| #4 Islamic Tom Sawyer? I can see it now. Tom gets the kafir kids to paint the fence, the scary moment in the cave with jOOOO Joe, then Becky getting honor killed for going with Tom into the cave. |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-08-31 15:05 |
| #3 Meanwhile, citizens and officials in Elmira NY reported that Samuel Clemens dug his way out of his grave, stood up, hollered "Bullshit!", then promptly re-buried himself. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-31 14:58 |
| #2 That does it! I'm callin' "story war" riots. Muzzies can riot over cartoons - we can riot over forced conversion of literary characters. Twain must be spinning. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-08-31 14:56 |
| #1 Tom Sawyer may always have shirked his homework, but he is more conscientious in learning his Islamic prayers. He is given a "special treat" for learning the Arabic words. Yes. It's in the "holy man's" pants... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-31 14:49 |