Will Saudis Ban the Letter â??X'?
http://www.nysun.com/article/46707
January 15, 2007 edition
Will Saudis Ban the Letter â??X'?
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
January 15, 2007
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 â?? 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.
^^^^^ are you fucking kidding me^^^^^^
So after waiting a year, the Saudi businessman, Amru Mohammad Faisal, got his answer: No. But, like so many other Saudi businessmen who suffer from the travesties of the commission, he seemed more baffled than angry. He wrote letters to Saudi newspapers to criticize the cockamamie logic. An article he wrote appeared with his photograph on some Arabian Web sites. It sarcastically invited the commission to expand its edict to the "plus" sign in mathematics and accounting, in order "to prevent filthy Christian conspiracies from infiltrating our thoughts, our beliefs, and our feelings."
But the USA is the root of all Evil......Please....
Go live In Saudi Arabia and see how you can like it. Wear your Slayer T shirt to mecca and see what happens to ya.....you would get back to the Good ole US of A and STFU for once.
Ban the Letter X.....Please:confused:
Will Saudis Ban the Letter â??X'?
LOL @ satire!
In other sad news today Batman and Robin are calling it quits.
Will Saudis Ban the Letter â??X'?
PS Bong - Satire = Fake/Joke
Will Saudis Ban the Letter â??X'?
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Originally Posted by Bong30
Damn straight Bong. Kinda like wearing a red bandana in L.A.
