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| Call to pull 'Fatwa Friday' ad |
| 2006-09-25 |
| A CAR commercial proclaiming a "jihad on the US auto market" and offering "Fatwa Fridays" with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said overnight. The radio advertisement for the Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has "a whole jihad theme," said Adnan Mirza, director of the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "They are planning on launching a jihad on the automotive market and their representatives would be wearing burqas ... ,"Mr Mirza said. "They mentioned the pope in there and also about giving rubber swords out to the kiddies – really just reprehensible-type comments." Details of the radio ad, which has not yet been broadcast, have been reported in the local media, but officials at the dealership declined to comment about the content of the radio spot. |
| Posted by:Angaper Ulinelet9925 |
| #8 An advertisement with nationwide penetration that because it was not aired is free. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2006-09-25 23:09 |
| #7 "We blow |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-09-25 22:50 |
| #6 Bugger, you know if it had got onto YouTube it would have 100k views in next to no time! I would love to see their web traffic stats - I went to their site just to see the ad ;) |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-09-25 17:41 |
| #5 Note that the ad was never aired. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-09-25 17:34 |
| #4 Reprehensible ??? I thought it was funnier than hell. Where's your gawddamn sense of humor Mirza ? Oh, I forgot you asswipe muzzies don't have one. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-25 15:55 |
| #3 Hope I don't get into trouble with my "Ramadan Pig Roast" campaign... |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-09-25 15:19 |
| #2 Somewhere, |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-25 14:49 |
| #1 He also said the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to "offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training." Sure. C'mon by. We'll see how aware you are about the sensitivity of your ass when I put my foot up it... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-09-25 11:09 |