[BC] Anti-Islamic commercials

[Wayne]

Maybe not so funny, neither was the television commercial that separated the 
body of Nick Berg from his head!

Wayne W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Anti-Islamic commercials


> Here is the pronouncement from CAIR re the car dealership ads, etc.:
>
> CAIR-OH: ADS ARE YANKED AS OFFENSIVE TO ARABS, MUSLIMS -
> TOP<mhtml:mid://00002088/#AMERICAN MUSLIM NEWS BRIEFS>
> Wendy Koch, USA Today, 9/26/06
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-26-offensive-ads_x.htm
>
> Not so funny.
>
> Keith Dennis came to that reckoning after a radio ad planned by his Ohio 
> car
> dealership was criticized as anti-Muslim and refused by several radio
> stations.
>
> The commercial called for a "jihad on the automotive market." It said
> salespeople would be wearing burqas, a traditional garment in some Muslim
> nations, and kids would get rubber swords on "fatwa Friday."
>
> "Our prices are lower than the evildoers' every day," the script said. 
> "Just
> ask the pope!"
>
> "Jihad," an Islamic term for an utmost struggle, is sometimes used to mean 
> a
> religious war. A "fatwa," a legal pronouncement in Islam, can be a
> declaration of war. "This was simply an attempt at humor that fell flat,"
> Dennis, owner of Dennis Mitsubishi in Columbus, said in a statement
> apologizing "to anyone who was offended."
>
> The canceled ad, which was to start airing Friday, was the latest in a
> string of ads withdrawn after criticism that they were anti-Arab or
> anti-Muslim.
>
> "It's definitely something that's become more prevalent in the last two to
> three years," says Tony Kutayli of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
> Committee. Such ads "spread hatred and fear," he says.
>
> Objections in May from the Arab American Institute and other groups 
> stopped
> billboards planned by the Missouri Corn Growers Association to promote
> ethanol, a corn-based product used in a blend with gasoline. The billboard
> showed a farmer standing in a cornfield and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
> Between them was the question: "Who would you rather buy your gas from?"
>
> The institute and other Arab-American groups helped kill billboards in
> December slated for North Carolina and New Mexico. The ads, designed by 
> the
> New York-based Coalition for a Secure Driver's License, showed a man in a
> traditional Arab head scarf clutching a grenade and a driver's license. 
> The
> caption read, "Don't License Terrorists, North Carolina." Lamar 
> Advertising,
> a national firm, refused to handle the ads.
>
> In the past year, other ads have been pulled:
>
> o Boeing and Bell Helicopter apologized in October for a magazine ad that
> showed their product, the CV-22 Osprey, and members of the U.S. armed 
> forces
> descending by rope from a plane onto a mosque surrounded by smoke and 
> fire.
>
> o The Nutritional Health Alliance stopped including flyers in mail orders
> for vitamins and supplements early this year that said, "Get a Turban for
> Durbin!" It pictured Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who has 
> sought
> regulation requiring the industry to report serious side effects of their
> products, in a turban and said, "Keep Congressional Terrorists At Bay!"
>
> The Council on American-Islamic Relations protested the latest 
> jihad-themed
> car ad. "We appreciate the dealership's constructive reaction," said Adnan
> Mirza, director of CAIR-Ohio's Columbus office. "We accept the apology 
> from
> Mr. Dennis."
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