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| Italy Seizes Quran-printed Toilet Seats |
| 2007-10-29 |
| It's not on the part you sit on! The printing is on the lid, something to read while trying to get the old prostate to let go. Now, if they printed it on the inside of the BOWL ---- where can I order? ROME — Italian Muslims have swiftly acted to stop the sale in local stores of toilet seat covers that feature verses of the Noble Qur'an in an unprecedented blasphemous act, reporting the matter to appropriate authorities and politicians, who proved forthcoming. "I would like to thank Italian authorities who responded positively to our complaints against this profanity," Samir Al-Khalidi, the head of the Islamic Centre (Al-Huda) in Rome, told IslamOnlin.net Saturday, October 27. "We reacted astutely to this provocation and threw the ball in the court of security officials and politicians, demanding them to seize the products immediately to head off angry Muslim reaction," he added. The Lazio-based Orizzonte Company unveiled this month a new collection of bathroom products including the offensive toilet cover seats. They feature verses from the Noble Qur'an printed on the double face of the cover seats and intersected by colorful flowers and Latin words. Following Muslim complaints, police raided the four braches of the company in the town of Latina, 60km south of Rome, and seized 2,000 such pieces on sale. Interior minister Giuliano Amato met Friday with Italian Muslim leaders at the main Rome Mosque to reassure them that Italy would not tolerate such outrageous acts. "This is an insult to the Muslim faith," The imam of the Lazio town of Latina's mosque, Sheikh Yusuf, told Amato. Amato reassured Yusuf, saying: "I would like to tell our friends from Latina that we have been informed of this matter and are taking action because it is offensive." Italy has a Muslim population of some 1.2 million, including 20,000 reverts, according to unofficial estimates. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #15 More than anyone needs to know about outhouses and their history: http://www.outhousegraffiti.com/oh_history.html |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-10-29 20:17 |
| #14 why is there a moon cut in the out house door? Orizzonte designed the original outhouse. But seriously, folks. Originally, farmsteads usually had two outhouses, one for each gender. A lunette signified the womans' latrine and a sun symbol was used for the mens'. For reasons lost to the mists of time, outhouses went unisex and fortunately managed to retain the appropriate Muslim-enraging symbol. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-29 20:09 |
| #13 Daddy, why is there a moon cut in the out house door ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-10-29 19:42 |
| #12 Don't forget bedpans! And next time, do it from the US and sell them through mail order and e-bay. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-10-29 18:11 |
| #11 The new anti mooselimb product line coming to a city near you... Toilet paper imprinted with the Qur'an Foot bath towels imprinted with the Qur'an Pig troughs with enameled sides imprinted with the Qur'an Glow in the dark condoms imprinted with the Qur'an |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-29 16:45 |
| #10 Excuse me, the koran was originally printed on toilet paper. Why do you think it stinks!? |
| Posted by: Samir Al-Khalidi 2007-10-29 16:17 |
| #9 add to 'To-Do' list: check ebay for Quran-printed toilet seats... order some. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-10-29 15:07 |
| #8 Next time, put Mo's picture on them Put it in the bowl as a target. (Like the fly in the urinal) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-10-29 13:00 |
| #7 Hey!!! I keep missing the bowl and hitting this koran lid. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-29 11:51 |
| #6 Once again, let me suggest the creation of a bogus Koranic toilet paper company. It would be a great way to test computer security against hackers and DDoS threats, and could even be used as a trap to capture terrorists. You could say that the production facility was located in a very rural area, where you had to take a strict set of directions to get there. Then anybody who drove out there with a car full of guns and explosives would be an easy bust. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-29 10:38 |
| #5 Italy seems to be one of the few countries where blasphemy is actually a crime. I don't think this quite qualifies as blasphemy, however. Over-zealous multi-culti idiocy is more likely. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-10-29 10:34 |
| #4 to head off angry Muslim reaction Not possible, even farting in Mecca's general direction will spark an "angry Muslim reaction". I'm sure it has something to do with their childhood toilet training. "This is an insult to the Muslim faith" And pray tell exactly what on earth isn't? Just being an infidel is "an insult to the Muslim faith", so we're pretty much screwed now, aren't we? Since they're always offended no matter what we do and they won't let us simply ignore them without shit getting blown up, maybe we just need to take apart their shitpot of a "religion" at the seams, light it all afire and piss on the ashes for grins. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-29 10:12 |
| #3 in an unprecedented blasphemous act Next time, put Mo's picture on them and see if you can blast the blasphemy standard off the charts. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-29 09:43 |
| #2 And exactly what law was broken that allowed for this police state activity? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-10-29 09:35 |
| #1 sigh. now how many will have to die because of this? |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-10-29 09:10 |