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October 24, 2005
Britain Banks Ban Piggy Banks: They might 'offend UK Muslims'
Topics: DhimmitudeWhen I first saw this at LGF, I figured it to be pure satire. Certainly, the British couldn't be "that" stupid in their cowering before Muslims in humble submissiveness. I was wrong - they are! British banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims.
Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from being given to children or used in their advertising, the Daily Express/Daily Star group reports here.True political correctness gone mad.Muslims do not eat pork, as Islamic culture deems the pig to be an impure animal.
Salim Mulla, secretary of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, backed the bank move.
"This is a sensitive issue and I think the banks are simply being courteous to their customers," he said.
It's time to alert our friend Howard Beal again.
I don't recall them doing the same for Jews during the last several hundred years.
Posted by Richard at October 24, 2005 3:47 PM
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