(Not the actual socks)
Islam is a peaceful religion. It’s not in any way associated with violence except in response to Jews, Christians or Hindus defending themselves against it, or really serious issues like socks. Allah socks.
A Malaysian court charged five executives from a minimart chain and its supplier with hurting religious feelings on Tuesday (Mar 26) after several pairs of socks emblazoned with the word “Allah” were put on sale in one of its stores.
The case had drawn a rare royal rebuke from Malaysia’s king who called for an investigation and “strict action” against any party found guilty.
Photos of the socks spread on social media, sparking public outrage as some Muslims regarded them to be insulting, especially as their sale took place during the fasting month of Ramadan.
Chai Kee Kan, 57, chief executive of local chain KK Super Mart, and his wife who serves as a company director, were charged with “deliberately intending to hurt the religious feelings” in the Muslim-majority nation, according to a charge sheet seen by AFP.
KK Super Mart has apologised for the socks, saying it viewed the matter “seriously” and had taken action to stop the sale immediately.
Supplier Xin Jian Chang had also issued an apology, saying the “problematic socks were part of a larger shipment of 18,800 pairs ordered” from a company based in China.
It said there were “only five pairs of socks” that had the sensitive word.
Five pairs of socks. Also, Muslims have a history of seeing their deity where he isn’t. Like on ice cream.
Burger King recalls ‘sacrilegious’ desserts
The chain is being forced to spend thousands of pounds redesigning the lid with backing from The Muslim Council of Britain. It apologised and said: “The design simply represents a spinning ice-cream cone.”
The offending lid was spotted in a branch in Park Royal last week by business development manager Rashad Akhtar, 27, of High Wycombe.
He was not satisfied by the decision to withdraw the cones and has called on Muslims to boycott Burger King. He said: “This is my jihad. How can you say it is a spinning swirl? If you spin it one way to the right you are offending Muslims.”
A Muslim Council spokesman said: “We commend the sensitive and prompt action that Burger King has taken.”
Or Nike shoes.
Members of the Muslim community are calling on Nike to recall a shoe they claim bears a logo resembling the Arabic word for “Allah.”
Saiqa Noreen, who created the Change.org petition demanding that the footwear and apparel brand remove the Nike Air Max 270 from store shelves, said the symbol on the bottom of the shoe “will surely be trampled, kicked and become soiled with mud or even filth.”
While store executives face prison time over the Allah socks, Muslims have gone on a Sock Jihad.
IPOH: Malaysia police have confirmed that a petrol bomb was thrown at a KK Super Mart convenience store in Perak early Tuesday (Mar 26) morning.
“The 20-year-old complainant was working when she heard the sound of a bottle breaking in front of the store and went to check,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“There were shards of glass and explosive material resembling firecrackers on the floor. She also smelled an odour resembling kerosene.”
If only it wasn’t for Israel, there would be no violence involving Islam. Unless it involved socks.