Be careful what you scribble! Your innocent scribbles, if turned sideways, could very well be offensive to Allah!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Apparently, Islamists not only scream for ice cream, but they threaten jihad if they don’t get it. Wow, what a scream this is. Sadly, it is not a joke, as Scotsman.com is reporting that the ice cream cones sold at Burger King are anti-islamic ‘sacrilegious‘ desserts, and must be redesigned to conform to Muslim sensitivities. After all, to allow an ice cream cone’s swirly logo to insult the Holy Koran and Allah, would be an uncivilized outrage, wouldn’t it?

Burger King recalls ‘sacrilegious‘ desserts by JOHN INNES
THE fast-food chain, Burger King, is withdrawing its ice-cream cones after the lid of the dessert offended a Muslim. The man claimed the design resembled the Arabic inscription for Allah, and branded it sacrilegious, threatening a “jihad“.

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 … by business development manager Rashad Akhtar … . 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.“

Perhaps now that Burger King has officially apologized, the Islamist ice cream cone kerfuffle will be ended, and other ice cream lovers can enjoy their old time dessert without guilt. Of course, all of those who have eaten the offensive swirling cones in the past, must offer up apologies also. Fair is only fair. Here is an image of the offensive ice cream cones if you are brave enough to look. Note that it must be turned sideways to be offensive. Now that the “offended” folks have brow beaten Burger King into submission, the “unoffended” will need to find a new place to order swirly ice cream cones. As an aside, I am curious, as to when and how the “western” ice cream cone, came to be a Muslim dessert? It certainly would not have been approved by Mohammed, as it had not even been invented in his day.

Ruffles & Flourishes to Outside the Beltway. Tracked at basil’s blog “Sunday Picnic” and Mudville Gazette’s Open Post.