Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter “X” - but not in Saudi Arabia!
- Posted by Beth on January 15th, 2007 filed in General, Insult the Islamotards, International, Islamofascism, Stupid, WTF
Tags: Saudi Arabia, fatwa, Islamonutters
This cannot possibly be true. Or can it? Usually I would say nothing surprises me from Saudi Arabia, but this is just mind-boggling, if it’s true (and really, I have no reason to doubt that it is).
The letter “X” soon may be banned in Saudi Arabia because it resembles the mother of all banned religious symbols in the oil kingdom: the cross.
The new development came with the issuing of another mind-bending fatwa, or religious edict, by the infamous Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice — the group of senior Islamic clergy that reigns supreme on all legal, civil, and governance matters in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The commission’s damning of the letter “X” came in response to a Ministry of Trade query about whether it should grant trademark protection to a Saudi businessman for a new service carrying the English name “Explorer.”
“No! Nein! Nyet!” was the commission’s categorical answer.
Why?
Well, never mind that none of the so-called scholars manning the upper ranks of the religious outfit can speak or read a word of English. But their experts who examined the English word “explorer” were struck by how suspicious that “X” appeared. In a kingdom where Friday preachers routinely refer to Christians as pigs and infidel crusaders, even a twisted cross ranks as an abomination.
“Mind-bending fatwa,” indeed. Deranged idiots. No, wait. They’re eXtraordinarily deranged idiots. But at least their antics provide us with laughs!
Banning the letter X. Because it looks like the cross. Uh-huh…I guess so, if you’re constantly looking at things c*ck-eyed, which you could say they are, figuratively speaking. And Burger King’s ice cream wrapper looks just like Allah. Right.
(I’m gonna kick myself later, when I see someone else has come up with an hilarious slap at them that I’m too groggy to think of at this hour.)
/maybe it’s because of “X-mas?” LOL!
Blue Star Chronicles says:
Saudi Arabia Banning the Letter X
Apparently, the letter X looks too much like the Christian Cross for the liking of the Saudis. It seems there is a fatwa issued on the letter X.
From the NYSun
The letter “X” soon may be banned in Saudi Arabia because it resembles the moth…
eXtra, eXtra - don’t be eXtravagant with those X’s! - banning the letter “X” in Saudi Arabia at The Median Sib says:
[...] Tiara-tip to Beth at MVRWC. [...]
raz0r says:
Some historians think the cross might have been a simple vertical post. If so, will the Saudis ban the letters I and l and the number 1?
tdothen says:
raz0r is right about the letter ‘I’, and what about the letter ‘T’, which bears EVEN MORE resemblance to what we Westerners typically picture as a cross?
FWIW, St. Andrew (one of the disciples of Jesus) was supposedly crucufied on a cross shaped like an ‘X’.