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Some Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy

dailymail.co.uk — A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims....dogs are considered ritually unclean and has sparked such anger that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert.

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  • WhiskeyWrites, on 07/01/2008, -4/+23This is bad PR all around. Police piss off Muslims, and apparently Muslims hate puppies. The cultural divide may be bigger than I thought...
  • AlienDig, on 07/01/2008, -3/+35Is there anything these people aren't offended by? Cartoons, books, puppies...Geez! It's probably time to reign in the political correctness a wee bit. Somewhere along the line the whole idea took a horrible turn for the worse. Wonder what Scotland Yard's response will be. Maybe those who are offended should just not call the police when they need help.
    • cubee, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Or they should just go back to their holy land.
  • mellomeh, on 07/01/2008, -11/+2"Outraged Muslims" - actually one idiot councillor predicting that Muslims wouldn't like the advert, without providing any evidence that this is happening. Why hasn't the Daily Mail gone and investigated this? Why have they not gone around shops and asked these outraged Muslims why they dislike the advert? Lazy journalism, partly, and also because they know the outraged Muslims don't exist.
    • AlienDig, on 07/01/2008, -2/+10"outraged Muslims don't exist.".... Really? They don't exist? Wow tell that to Salman Rushdie or the people of Denmark who had to endure riots from those non-existent outraged Muslims. They might find your assertion a bit ridiculous.
      • mellomeh, on 07/01/2008, -10/+1No, I know that there are some outraged Muslims in the world, but I'm talking about the mythical ones referred to in this article specifically.
      • orenshk, on 07/01/2008, -0/+7What are you on about? the article says that shop keeper refused to put up the post cards and that there have been complains.
      • mellomeh, on 07/01/2008, -6/+1It doesn't give any evidence to back up these claims. And the Daily Mail is notoriously less than reliable when making claims without evidence.
  • bigfruitbasket, on 07/01/2008, -3/+20Tell them to SOD OFF! Or better yet, BUGGER OFF! The whole lot of you. Seems the muslims lose their minds over everything.
  • BlindingDawn, on 07/01/2008, -1/+8Dog of Peace
  • sodypop77, on 07/01/2008, -7/+16FTA: "The advert has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually unclean..."

    So certain Muslims are offended by dirty dogs yet they still wipe their own ass barehanded.
    • CryRightardCry, on 07/01/2008, -20/+4Hey, welcome to 2008.
      The only people who wipe their asses barehanded are folks who don't have toilets and live in the desert.
      But kudos to you for being such a racist loser.
      The rightards must be thrilled to have you on the team.
      There are some animals I don't like too, does that mean I wipe with my hand? Think hard.....
      Classic rightard stupidity, classic rightard logic.
      Hmm. Techically you may be right, although you are still a dick. You did say "certain Muslims".
      Yeah. Just like "certain Christians" rape little boys.
      You should have tried this one over at LGF. They love this ignorant crap over there.
      • DreadPirate, on 07/02/2008, -3/+10And I'm sure the liberals are thrilled to have a knuckle-dragging neanderthal coward like you on their side, CRC. You can't handle answering questions or real debate - you just wander around digg posting your foaming at the mouth rants, and then run away from any response or question asked of you.
  • mellomeh, on 07/01/2008, -10/+3I'll reiterate, the article provides no evidence that any Muslim is offended by this advert. It quotes a councillor who claims that 'certain communities' could be offended by it, but he fails to provide any evidence himself that this is happening. Not even any anecdotal evidence.

    On the other hand, a whole bunch of Christians got offended by a completely inoffensive advert that wasn't even airing in their country, and was successful in having it pulled from the airwaves.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/01/advert ...
  • CryRightardCry, on 07/01/2008, -13/+4I'm calling ***** on this.
    An article that no one will put their name on making outrageous claims that aren't backed up in the article?
    No names, nothing.
    Yeah, we know how they do these. They find ONE person who didn't like the ad, and they try to twist it into a big uproar.
    Every time this happens (for example the war on christmas), it turns out to be a lie. Usually appears in a right wing paper.
    If I lived in this area I'd go demand records of the calls to prove it happened.
    • DreadPirate, on 07/02/2008, -2/+8CRC - You're calling ***** on this story? How about another example that *is* backed up by the names and facts you so eagerly demand?

      Check out http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/ ... - A college student with a service dog was forced to drop out of a class because of death threats from a Somali Muslim student. And last I checked, the SC Times was not considered a "right wing paper".

      Care to try again, or are you going to slink off in cowardly defeat, as usual?
      • JimmySpaza, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3He'll crawl away and hide...as usual. Remember, this is the guy that got banned once for personal attacks, bad language, and generally not playing well with others. I wish he wouldn't use personal attacks simply because he disagrees with someone. He is a very emotional liberal.
    • mmmmmbiscuits, on 07/02/2008, -1/+6"An article that no one will put their name on making outrageous claims that aren't backed up in the article?"

      Wait...are you trying to tell me this was written by Seymour Hersh?
  • EntropyFan, on 07/01/2008, -0/+10I find people to be ritually unclean. Can I be offended that there are 'policemen' in the world?
  • asssa3000, on 07/01/2008, -6/+6Usual DailyMail Crap. They are known for blowing a big balloons out of nothing. I'm Muslim and I Iove dogs. I've had two of them,planning to get another one for my wee girl as well.
  • mujahideenryder, on 07/02/2008, -1/+7I'm Muslim and I could careless about the advertisement.
  • carterartist, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4as an advertiser myself I learned two things, Sex sells to men and when selling use babies and puppies. Now that's offensive? I give up...
  • p3ngwin, on 07/02/2008, -3/+4I heard this lady say "I love kids." That's nice, a little weird though.

    It's like saying "I like people, for a little while."
    "How old are you? 14? ***** off!"

    You can say "I love kids" as a general statement, that?s fine........
    It?s when you get specific that you get in to trouble. "I love twelve-year-olds."
  • paganpete, on 07/02/2008, -2/+12WTF? I think the Aussie saying should go well here - F.I.F.O. - fit in or ***** off!
  • shadowcode, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6Well duh, they should've stuck with a lolcat.
  • DuggDowner, on 07/02/2008, -4/+3Still not as dumb as all the Christians offended by Rachel Ray's Dunkin Donuts ad.
  • duggtodeath, on 07/02/2008, -8/+4DailyMail, what fuels your stupidity?
    • hamdevguru, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1This was in the Metro too - awesome free paper.
  • Renster84, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5"I am outraged that they are outraged.

    - John Bentham, Southport, 01/7/2008 12:54"

    Sums it open nicley i think.
  • JimmySpaza, on 07/02/2008, -6/+4I am shocked...SHOCKED that the police would use such a divisive and hurtful little puppy in their advertisement!!!

    ...probably should have used a pig and a picture of the pedophile, warlord Mohammed.
  • RealHyperX, on 07/02/2008, -5/+7Once we have Obama in the office, U.S. will be putting up with the same *****.
  • Haoie, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2What about advertising for dog food/dog related items? They're far more common.
  • slyzxx, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3What the ? `i`m a Muslim and i still think that's insane people take things too seriously its just an ad might as well not watch tv, read books with dogs, or even surf the web.
  • dupswapdrop, on 07/02/2008, -3/+2Just think of the outrage if it was a muslim sitting in that hat?
  • bincoder, on 07/02/2008, -2/+4Too bad, so sad.
    If they can't deal with free speech, its a free country, and they are free to deport themselves.
  • berkunator, on 07/02/2008, -2/+2very misleading article. No where is an actual "outraged Muslim" interviewed, not evidence to suggest the headline is true. Journalistic garbage. Only a counselor of the police force is quoted to "fear the advert's insensitivity".
  • warholsbluecat, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2I seriously thought this headline would link to the onion.
  • btschul, on 07/02/2008, -3/+3Oh, ***** off. If you don't like the culture in your adoptive country, go the ***** home. don't bitch about it and refuse to display important info like the new number to reach the police. It's the same with those cartoons. If your religion deems something offensive, fine. Don't try to ***** push your backwards morality and opinions on the rest of us.
  • mellomeh, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3In case there's anyone who still believes this story, how about an article from a far more reliable local newspaper?

    http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/07/02/news ...

    ---

    Mr Asif’s comments have won little support among the public or Dundee’s Islamic community.

    Last night Mahmud Sarwar, trustee of the Scottish Islamic and Cultural Centre and the Dura Street mosque, appealed for calm.

    He said he had no problems with the postcard and called on homeowners and local businesses to display them as it is in the public interest.

    “I’ve not heard anything about that from members of the community,” Mr Sarwar said.

    “I was round some shops today and at the mosque and nobody has said anything about it.”

    Mr Sarwar said that religious sensitivities would prevent him from displaying the postcard on a building of religious significance but there was nothing to stop them being displayed in shops.

    “There is not a dog—it is just a picture,” he said.

    Mr Sarwar also queried whether the concerns raised by Councillor Asif belonged to him or his constituents.

    “Maybe that is his own thinking—everyone has the right to say things regarding their own wishes,” he said.

    ...

    Cheers, an off-licence on Campfield Square, Broughty Ferry, which is owned and operated by Muslims, has not been given the postcards to display or distribute.

    Shop assistant Irza Saeed said, however, Cheers would be happy to have the postcards featuring police-dog-in-training Rebel and advertising the new contact number for non-emergency calls to the police.

    “We have a lot of customers of different cultures and religions but we are owned by Muslims and the workers are Muslim,” Miss Saeed said.

    “I don’t feel that I’d be especially concerned or upset if we were given the postcards to distribute or that there would be anything wrong with that. However, it is part of Islam that we don’t have dogs around us.

    “Most of our people are afraid of dogs but we try not to make a big deal of it.”
  • pljwebb, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Daily Mail readers are bat ***** crazy.
  • rinster, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0And here I had this idea to solve world peace by putting all the world leaders in a room full of cute puppies for an hour.

    Guess it'll have to be kittens then. Now - if only someone could get all the world leaders to come together for an hour or so. I'd be more than happy to supply the kittens.
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