Urinal Rumor
For a particularly hilarious example of how rumors start in the Muslim world, check out this blog post:
Israel is once again humiliating the Muslims by making fun of the Islamic symbols.
The Israeli mass Media recently published a photo of toilet bowls produced by a certain company, shaped in “Women In Jilbab“.
This type of toilet bowl to facilitate urination, according to the Israeli mass Media are selling very well in the Israeli market.
A number of sources as cited by Albawaba, reported that the shape of the toilet bowl was purposely aimed at humiliating the Islamic symbols and the Muslims.
The first productions originated from the US and then imported by Israel. Now, toilet bowls of this shape can be commonly found in Israel.
Sorry to say, but how lowly is the attitude of the people of these two nations (Christian U.S. – Zionist Israel), they have no respect for other people’s religions. They can never stop poking fun at others. Little do they realize that their actions only reveal their immorality further. You can never find the Muslims doing likewise, the Muslims don’t insult other faiths or the lack of it thereof. We dont behave like immature or retarded people.
Of course, this urinal is poking fun at nuns, not Muslim women, and has nothing to do with Israel. And I have no idea if this really came from Albawaba or if the blogger made it up (no link was given.)
(I haven’t yet seen any deadly Catholic riots over this, either.)
But truth has little to do with how bizarre rumors spread in the Islamic world, so we might be catching one in its early stages here.
In fact, this blogger may be a source for a number of rumors in the Muslim world.
He has no shortage of completely made-up posts. In at least one case, a post he wrote or pasted ended up being reproduced at Pakistan Daily two days later, about a supposed First Zionist-Christian Congress in Switzerland earlier this month. No real news source mentions this conference.
This guy may be a great place to catch they very latest in “thinking” in the Muslim world.
About the Author
Elder of Ziyon may or may not be a real person. He (or she, or it) blogs at http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/Filed Under: General
To be sure, the urinals are tacky no matter whom they're mocking. So what? There's a lot of tacky stuff out there. Now this part is really funny: "You can never find the Muslims doing likewise, the Muslims don’t insult other faiths or the lack of it thereof. We dont behave like immature or retarded people." Nope. Muslims don't insult people of other faiths, they just kill them.
What I find interesting is that he uses the word "humiliating". Not "upsetting", not "annoying", not "insensitive" but "humiliating". He's not the first person to use that word. Its as if all things that are annoying are viewed through the prism of "humiliation".
AF — you may have a point. In any event — never heard of that blog and it seems to me surely unworthy of my time. But be sure, EoZ, that there is more 'thinking' in the muslim world than you would believe.
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