washingtonpost.com — Li Dongshen, deputy head of the propaganda department advises "Go all out for articles that preserve social stability and avoid triggering social conflict," and warned, executives "should take into account the sensitivities of China's 35 million Muslims, who consider pigs unclean and offensive."
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baalzebubFeb 27, 2007
i refuse to let islam intimidate me, i love BBQ pork and good booze...
loganhidFeb 27, 2007
This is just bad publicty islam is recieving and with digg - its getting worse.If you notice during this week theres been over 10 frontpage stories concerning islam and placing this great religion in negative light.Don't judge islam by its weak/unknowledgable followers or those who claim.
jtkoochFeb 27, 2007
Can anyone else see the irony here? People are complaining the Muslims are getting "worked up over nothing", when not one single complaint from these Muslims has been reported.So in essence, you people complaining about the Muslims are the ones complaining about nothing!
cheekybastardFeb 27, 2007
[CHINESE MEDIA] You want some bacon?[PARTY CHAIRMAN] No, man, I don't eat pork.[CHINESE MEDIA] Are you Muslim ?[PARTY CHAIRMAN] No, I ain't Muslim, i just don't dig on swine, that's all.[CHINESE MEDIA] Why not?[PARTY CHAIRMAN] Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.[CHINESE MEDIA] But bacon tastes good, pork chops taste good...[PARTY CHAIRMAN] Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie,But I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherf**kers.Pigs sleep and root in s**t, that's a filthy animal.I don't eat nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces.[CHINESE MEDIA] How about a dog? A dog eats its own feces[PARTY CHAIRMAN] I don't eat dog either[CHINESE MEDIA] Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?[PARTY CHAIRMAN] I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but it's definately dirty.But, dogs got personality, personality goes a long way.[CHINESE MEDIA] So by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filty animal. Is that true?[PARTY CHAIRMAN] We' have to be talkin' 'bout one charmin' motherf**kin' pig.I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?
owenadamFeb 27, 2007
I'm pretty sure that someone who lets a website or TV network dictate who they hate is more odd to Muslims than getting the same prejudices from a 1600 year old text. Computer screens should have mirrors installed in them to cut down on the hypocrisy
disclaimerFeb 27, 2007
@patriotickiwiYes they are not a majority any longer. I'm American, and I have been to Xinjiang (Uramqi and Kashgar). The "Chinese" people who live in that province are not ethnically Chinese. They are Uyghur's that have been living there before China claimed their land as their own. China recently (last 50 years or so) has been sending Han Chinese to move in to their land so that the people of Xinjiang become a minority and stop fighting for a separate country.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_people</a>
schparielFeb 27, 2007
This is just plain wrong, Muslims do not care about this at all.Just as the above commenters said, this has nothing to do with Islam. RTFA before bashing.
admiraladamaFeb 27, 2007
Chinese Islamic food is some of the best in the world. I believe in not offending them so that they will continue to make that Cumin Lamb, the Lamb hotpot, and incredible sesame bread. In response to this article, of course, it is the same old thing -- threats of being "offended" are used to intimidate infidels throughout the world.