Mohammad can no longer go to the mountain
The good people of RevolutionMuslim.com, who recently threatened the creators of South Park with death, over their depiction of Mohammad in a recent episode, have issued a new edict: no longer can anyone use the expression, “If the mountain won’t come to Mohammad, Mohammad must go to the mountain.” Or any variation of it.
“It is demeaning to use the Prophet in a metaphor or figure of speech,” so wrote Abu Talhah al Amrikee, spokesman for the website. “Anyone who persists in such blasphemy will have their throats cut, Inshallah!”
In reaction, all major television networks and movie studios have agreed to refrain from using such idiom in the future, and will forthwith redact any occurrences within their libraries. Newspapers will likely comply too, based on responses of those contacted.
And President Obama, in the name of tolerance and peace, will reportedly ask all Americans to avoid utterance of the phase, as well.
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The Catholic clergy are chasing little boys and the Muslims want to cut everyones head off….. I think I will sit here and eat my ham sandwich and watch Benny Hinn get divorced on T.V. Maybe he will “touch” his marriage certificate and all will be healed.
Again, I ask: Does Islam have an “off” switch?
Why stop at metaphors? We should also avoid mentioning the name of the Prophet in similes (as in “Muhammad floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee”) and alliterations (“Muhammad made many men mindful of morals”).
Perhaps someday we might exhibit our superior tolerance and respect by completely eliminating this word from the language entirely, and thereafter never speak of Muhammad again. The next step, of course, will be to cease speaking altogether.
Maybe this should go in Scott’s “ironic crimes” post, but…
Our friends at RevolutionMuslim.com recoil at seeing the esteemed prophet Mohammed in a bear suit on SOUTH PARK. However, do we know their opinion on Nassour the Jihadist Teddy Bear and his Happy Puppet Show of Destruction?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ0npNbHwUg&feature=player_embedded
Back in Olden Times we called them Mohammadens. THAT really scorched their shorts. Do they wear shorts under them togas? Oh yeah, the better to hide explosives.
Oh. That bad.
I wonder if this is why the book “Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester” is listed as “Temporarily out of stock” on amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/141771932X/?tag=wfthecoliseum-20
Of course it contains the classic short story “The Men Who Murdered Mohammad.”
My favourite saying has always been ‘a Mohammed in the hand is worth two in the bush’ can we still say that?
At least they only showed Mohammed in a bear suit.
Knowing the South Park guys, the Muslims are lucky he wasn’t dressed in assless leather chaps and chains.
We don’t know what he was wearing inside the bear suit.