Muslim Imam Objects To Year Of Pig Greeting Cards
Since 05/07/08
01/27/2007
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LibWhacker
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The imam of the Taipei Grand Mosque complained to
Taiwan's foreign minister for sending him a greeting card for the Chinese New
Year showing four pigs, a newspaper said on Saturday.
After receiving the New Year card, Imam Ma Hsiao-chi
pointed out to the Foreign Ministry that the card was offensive to Muslims, the
Liberty Times reported. Muslims do not eat pork and regard pigs as unclean
animals.
But the ministry defended Foreign Minister Huang Chih-fang's
sending out the greeting cards, which were printed because 2007 is the Year of
Pig according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
"Sending New Year cards is part of our culture and has
nothing to do with religion. Minister Huang sent the cards to people in Taiwan,
not to Muslim countries, but we still want to thank Imam Ma for reminding us,"
the Liberty Times quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Chien-yeh as saying.
The Year of Pig begins on February 18 with the start of
the Chinese New Year celebrations, the most important holiday for Chinese all
over the world.
Last month, Taiwan's postal monopoly the Chunghwa Post
Company Ltd issued the Year of Pig stamp, but warned Taiwanese not to use the
stamps when sending letters and parcels to Muslim countries or Muslim friends.
China has also banned images and mention of pigs in
television advertisements aired over the lunar new year to avoid offending the
country's Muslims.
China's ban also applies to cartoons and traditional
paper-cut images of pigs, and to slogans such as "Golden Pig Brings You
Fortune!" and "Wish You a Happy Pig Year!"
The Chinese lunar calendar follows the Chinese zodiac,
or horoscope, which has a 12-year cycle. Each year is represented by an animal -
rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and
pig.
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To: LibWhacker
HA HA HA HA!!!!
2 posted on 01/27/2007 12:42:42 PM PST by
Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: LibWhacker
I think I'll wish everyone a happy Year of the Pig!
3 posted on 01/27/2007 12:44:25 PM PST by
neutrino (Globalization is the economic treason that dare not speak
its name.(173))
To: LibWhacker
Muslims do not eat pork and regard pigs as unclean
animals.
Pigs do not eat muslims and regard them as unclean
animals. They also believe muslims smell bad.
4 posted on 01/27/2007 12:46:20 PM PST by
IronJack (=)
To: LibWhacker
Here is the reason why I am neither a muslim, jew
or vegetarian.
5 posted on 01/27/2007 12:46:55 PM PST by
lormand (Chuck Hagel - the Jihad's favorite Republican)
To: LibWhacker
Stop the world! Muslims don't like pigs! We must all
be tolerant of their beliefs.
Of course they don't reciprocate.
6 posted on 01/27/2007 12:47:05 PM PST by
Clara Lou
To: LibWhacker
At my house, every year is the year of the pig. The
wife is preparing some delicious chile verde right now. Mmmmm, pork.
7 posted on 01/27/2007 12:47:33 PM PST by
Argus
To: LibWhacker
It's the Year of the Pig? That's a good omen for all
the rest of us.
8 posted on 01/27/2007 12:48:52 PM PST by
Palladin (Life without music would be a mistake.--Nietzsche)
To: LibWhacker
and born in the Year of the Pig, to boot!!! Woo Hoo!!!
9 posted on 01/27/2007 12:49:07 PM PST by
La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
To: LibWhacker
What from the civilized world doesn't offend islamites?
10 posted on 01/27/2007 12:49:28 PM PST by
azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: LibWhacker
Is there ANYTHING these dipwads are not going to piss
and moan about?
every where they go, they get their panties in a wad. EVERYONE according to
them, must change to accomidate them.
If they dont like a countries customs or ways why dont they just LEAVE?
I just love how they terrorize everywhere they go and then piss and whine
how unfair they are treated.
i wish theyd just shut up!
11 posted on 01/27/2007 12:51:21 PM PST by
OMalley (Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as
nothing. St. Therese, "the little flower")
To: lormand; Bacon Man
Do you have a smoker, by any chance?
'Cause if you do, Bacon Man can tell you how to make something called "pig
candy," which I have yet to try but which I understand just might be God's
favorite food.
It's bacon dipped in sugar, with a little cayenne pepper sprinkled on, and
then smoked.
Bacon says it's the best food EVER, and I tend to believe him.
12 posted on 01/27/2007 12:51:49 PM PST by
Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything
happens.)
To: LibWhacker
The imam of the Taipei Grand Mosque complained to
Taiwan's foreign minister for sending him a greeting card for the Chinese
New Year showing four pigs, a newspaper said on Saturday
Gotta love it! multi-culti-crap at its finest. All
they need now is for Jesse Jackson to come over and get hysterical.
To: LibWhacker
Muslims have to learn to respect other cultures and
religions.../s
14 posted on 01/27/2007 12:54:24 PM PST by
Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: LibWhacker; All
15 posted on 01/27/2007 12:55:13 PM PST by
dighton
To: LibWhacker
Funny, I thought this was the Year of the
AntiChristian Extremists' Heads on Pikes. Some politically correct fellow
must have changed it ti the Year of the Pig.
16 posted on 01/27/2007 12:56:17 PM PST by
Cvengr
To: OMalley
If they dont like a countries customs or ways why
dont they just LEAVE?
Because their BS "religion" commands them to
convert the entire world to Islam, either with the sword or by lying and
being a huge pain in the ass. Since the second method works so much better
in the West, that's what they use.
17 posted on 01/27/2007 1:12:57 PM PST by
thecabal ("Now die monkeys and stop saying Muslims are terrorists,we
are peaceful people!")
To: LibWhacker
I think I'll tell the local Imam that I'm celebrating
my 40th Birthday in the Year of the Pig.
18 posted on 01/27/2007 1:15:04 PM PST by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks (“Don’t overestimate the decency of the human
race.” —H. L. Mencken)
To: LibWhacker
I think we need to have an official global list of all
the things that deeply offend muslims so we can eliminate them and make all
muslims comfortable. I'll start:
- pigs
- anything Jewish
- women not covered from head to toe
- other religions
- freedom of speech
- The United States of America
- .....
19 posted on 01/27/2007 1:18:46 PM PST by
FourPeas (The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is
always simple and direct. Calvin Coolidge)
To: LibWhacker
Every time I see one of these things the first thing
that goes through my mind is:
F*** YOU
Nothing else
20 posted on 01/27/2007 1:20:12 PM PST by
word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on
my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: FourPeas
The Bible--forbidden in all Muslim countries.
21 posted on 01/27/2007 1:20:29 PM PST by
Palladin (Life without music would be a mistake.--Nietzsche)
To: FourPeas
Books
(For those who haven't heard the
story before, one of Mohammad's followers once asked him what he thought of
books. Mohammad replied that to the extent books contradicted the Koran they
were evil and had to be destroyed, and to the extent they supported the
Koran they were superfluous and not needed.)
To: Dallas59
Oh for Heaven's sake! This Muslim sensitivety if
ridiculous! Pigs are creatures, just like cats, dogs, horses, birds, etc.,
etc., etc. and ETC.!!!
Worse, Muslims consider WOMEN to be unclean (good
enough to fornicate with, clean their houses, raise their children as well
as each one of them....but are NOT CLEAN ENOUGH TO WORSHIP WITH THE MEN IN
THE MAIN DINING ROOM as it were but rather, are relagated to the basement of
the Mosques.......so, geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez, this religion is begining to seem
more like an intolerant, men's club where the rules benefit only the
membership that wears pants.
Note to MUSLIMS EVERWHERE................GET OVER
IT ALREADY!
23 posted on 01/27/2007 1:30:21 PM PST by
Republic (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity & Mark Levin have a genuine
passion for our nation!)
To: LibWhacker
Throw in a scorpion and a camel and maybe they'll shut
up.
24 posted on 01/27/2007 1:37:35 PM PST by
Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and
writes again.)
To: FourPeas
* pigs
* anything Jewish
* women not covered from head to toe
* other religions
* freedom of speech
* The United States of America
* .....
You forgot alcohol, toilet paper and soap....
25 posted on 01/27/2007 1:42:06 PM PST by
kik5150
To: LibWhacker
oh brother, what don't they like
St Panty Day watch out because when we all tend to be alittle Irish on March
17 they wont like that either. And better get rid of the Shamrock because it
was used by St Pat to teach people about the trinty.
Will I love pork so give me a nice big Martini, a side of Ribs, and I will
put on my bikini and celebrate the YEAR OF THE PIG with
enjoyment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: Republic
exactly and where is NOW when it comes to the way
women are treated by the Muslim men. CNN just showed how Muslim women wanted
to come and pray in a Mosque and they were not allowed to. And I didn't hear
it second hand I saw it on CNN.
To: LibWhacker
I was stunned when I read that the Chinese were going
to go along with this. Communist China, that is. They have one heavily
Muslim province, but that is hardly enough to be a threat in a country that
size. Personally, I think that Communist China is doing it to show it's on
the side of the Muzzies in their war against the US.
But it's stunning that they'd simply quash a harmless tradition that is
thousands of years old. And what does this mean to everybody born in the
Year of the Pig?
28 posted on 01/27/2007 1:57:02 PM PST by
livius
To: LibWhacker
Since when do people start complaining about greeting
cards they receive. I have received quite a few and never thought to
complain. What weird people.
To: LibWhacker
Dear Muslims,
STFU.
Love, Laz
30 posted on 01/27/2007 1:58:54 PM PST by
Lazamataz (You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are
not your pain. All you are is love.)
To: azhenfud
What from the civilized world doesn't offend
islamites?
C-4, apparently nobody told them that pigfat is
used to make it ; )
31 posted on 01/27/2007 2:02:13 PM PST by
magslinger (I am NOT running for President, nor have I formed an
exploratory committee)
To: livius
Yes, I caught that, too; it's very surprising to me as
well. I think your analysis is a good one. The Chinese want to keep
mohammadans focused on the US and not so much on China.
To: azhenfud
While in Jewish belief, pigs are not to be eaten, they
are creatures of God's creation and there is nothing inherently offensive in
them any more than horses, dogs, cats, monkeys or geckoes.
Not sure what the muslim objection is to the
depiction of pigs, can someone enlighten us?
33 posted on 01/27/2007 2:06:47 PM PST by
cookcounty (The "Greatest Generation" was also the most violent
generation.)
To: LibWhacker
Boo Frickin' Hoo!
34 posted on 01/27/2007 2:08:09 PM PST by
peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: peggybac
These people make a career out of being offended.
35 posted on 01/27/2007 2:10:41 PM PST by
Inkie (Attn Dems: Loose Lips Sink Ships -- but hey, I guess that's
your goal))
To: cookcounty
The Muslim objection is that it is something done by
non-Muslims - and for some reason, they have found that we are easily
intimidated on this one. They object to ALL figurative art, so
theoretically, any drawing should offend them and probably does, since the
ideal Muslim world is dark, gray, without music, without art, and filled
with furtive sex with anything but adult women, and daydreams of those 72
raisins.
Sounds delightful, no? Somebody please tell me why we are kowtowing to these
insane people and their death cult.
36 posted on 01/27/2007 2:11:52 PM PST by
livius
To: LibWhacker
37 posted on 01/27/2007 2:16:02 PM PST by
cynwoody
To: Inkie
"These people make a career out of being offended."
So true. Well, I'm offended that they are offended, damnit!
38 posted on 01/27/2007 2:20:25 PM PST by
peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: LibWhacker
This is nothing but a constantly offended people to
look for a reason to be offended again. Here is Arkansas there are lots of
mohammedans taking classes at the University of Arkansas whose mascot is a
razorback pig.
To: LibWhacker
Oh brother
can't these ignorant savages just shut up
40 posted on 01/27/2007 6:04:51 PM PST by
Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under
our infidel boots.)
To: LibWhacker
The Year of the Pig....to funny.
To: LibWhacker
Year Of The Pig bump!
42 posted on 01/27/2007 6:09:45 PM PST by
VOA
To: LibWhacker; Peanut Gallery
I suppose he prefers the year of the chicken?
To: FourPeas
You gotta be kidding, that's a whole web site, not one
post in one thread. Don't forget just in the past year or so...
- Burger King ice cream cones
- an English five-year-old girl wearing a strapless blouse for her passport
photo
- Coca-Cola's logo backwards or upside down or something
- cartoons
- kites
- weather forecasts ("sorcery")
- anti-bacterial hand wash ("contains alcohol")
- dogs
- some random squiggle on a certain brand of sneakers
- statues
Ok there's my ten, next contestant please...
44 posted on 01/27/2007 6:15:39 PM PST by
jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or
insane)
To: proudCArepublican
St Panty Day
Barry White typo of the day! Ohhhh yeaaaahh baaaaby....
45 posted on 01/27/2007 6:18:08 PM PST by
jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or
insane)
To: LibWhacker
I think this really is something that should be
noted...and should raise some concern. The Chinese calendar has been around
for thousand or so years, and every twelve years it cycles to the Year of
the Pig. Twelve years ago (pre 9/11) does anyone recall any warnings to the
Chinese regarding the Year of the Pig and how to not insult Muslims? Seems
to me, the world was more tolerant twelve years ago than it is today.
Or have the Muslims numbers (followers) just grown so that now they must be
catered to? Any guesses as to what will happen twelve years from now? Sharia
anyone?
46 posted on 01/27/2007 6:20:02 PM PST by
PennsylvaniaMom (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they
aren't out to get you...)
To: cynwoody
The person who made that drawing of "Mohamed" served
several years in jail because of it.
47 posted on 01/27/2007 6:21:51 PM PST by
Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
To: jiggyboy
St Panty Day Barry White typo of the day! Ohhhh
yeaaaahh baaaaby....
How Britney Spears celebrates March 17th?
48 posted on 01/27/2007 6:21:54 PM PST by
PennsylvaniaMom (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they
aren't out to get you...)
To: jiggyboy
Number 11...Comedy Central not allowing a South
Park episode to show a SP version of Mohammad...(but SP creators Matt and
Trey sneak the big Mo into the opening crowd).
49 posted on 01/27/2007 6:24:03 PM PST by
PennsylvaniaMom (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they
aren't out to get you...)
To: Dallas59
"HEIL ALLAH!"
50 posted on 01/27/2007 6:24:53 PM PST by
Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth shall set you free))))
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