"Jihad" car commercial upsets U.S. Muslims
Proposed radio spot draws reaction even before it airs
CINCINNATI - A car commercial proclaiming a
jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering
"Fatwa Fridays" with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday.
The radio advertisement for the
Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has "a whole jihad theme," said Adnan Mirza, director of the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"They are planning on launching a jihad on the automotive market and their representatives would be wearing
burqas ... ," Mirza said. "They mentioned the
pope in there and also about giving
rubber swords out to the kiddies -- really just reprehensible-type comments."
Details of the radio ad, which has
not yet been broadcast, have been reported in the local media ... [A spokesperson for the auto retailer] would not say whether the dealership had changed its mind about airing the commercial ...
For the complete MSNBC report:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14990383/
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