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The Grand Turk
Newest threat to Islam: Lego Star Wars
2013-01-24
"Lego has been accused of racism by the Turkish community over a Star Wars toy allegedly depicting a mosque.

"The critics claim that the Jabba's Palace model, part of Lego's Star Wars range, offends Muslims as it resembles the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul -- one of the world's most renowned mosques."
I guess Christians should be offended, too, SINCE IT USED TO BE A FUDGING CHURCH!
Decades ago, George Lucas and his creative team built structures that share engineering similarities with a mosque and a minaret, an act that now apparently constitutes cultural insensitivity. The Islamic group took issue with the "terrorists" who inhabit Jabba the Hutt's palace, interpreting the scoundrels of Tatooine as some sort of cultural dig at the Muslim faith.

The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria might want to take note: Mr. Lucas has taken political pot shots at individuals using his work, but most of them were aimed at former President George W. Bush. The billionaire behind the franchise -- and avid Obama supporter -- is most certainly not subversively attacking Islam through plastic Legos.

To definitively get to the bottom of this controversy, it would be interesting to interview director "Theo" van Gogh. Mr. van Gogh created the documentary "Submission" with Somali activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. But he's dead -- murdered by Islamic extremists. French intelligence agent Denis Allex would be the next logical choice, but he's also dead -- murdered by Islamic extremists in Algeria.

Murder by religious fanatics is culturally "insensitive." Plastic toys created by Lego are not, and leaders who placate the perpetually aggrieved only make the former more likely in the future.

Posted by:tipper

#8  OOOOOOPPSS, my bad, I meant AMERABIA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-24 22:02  

#7  Meanwhile, NOT to be outdone vee Lego, the ACLU filed suit today arguing that LINCOLN LOGS DON'T LOOK "ISLAMIC".

LAWYERS + LITIGATION, NOTSOMUCH JIHADIS WID NUKES-WMDS + AK-47's, WILL BE WHAT BRINGS ABOUT FUTURE ISLAMERIKA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-24 22:00  

#6  Hopefully we'll be seeing Lego Mohamhead sets in the near future, including pigs, dogs, monkeys, and prebuescent little girls for him to lust after. That oughta get some turbans in a knot.
Posted by: gorb   2013-01-24 21:58  

#5  I like the way they go after Legos and not after Star Wars. Seems the Jedi religion might be the only one the Religion of Peace fears.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-01-24 14:50  

#4  The Hagia Sophia is not a mosque. It was built as a Christian church, defiled to be used as a bowing-to-Mecca building, and then turned into a museum almost 100 years ago.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-01-24 09:22  

#3  Glenmore, maybe you're correct but having it populated by the worst scum of the universe.......
Posted by: AlanC   2013-01-24 08:41  

#2  Lego's Jabba Palace may resemble a Byzantine cathedral, but any connection with a mosk is purely secondary.
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-01-24 08:24  

#1  A possible new application is to seed muslim living spaces with Lego pieces, so that they can step on them barefoot in the dark.
That's been when I've cursed Legos most.
Posted by: ed in texas   2013-01-24 07:30  

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