More Propheteering

So Muslims thought Danish Cartoons were offensive? Wait till they meet Mustafa Shag…

When Muslims started protesting worldwide against the Danish cartoons, I had a thought: What if all the newspapers in the world got defiant and decided to spite Muslims and republish the cartoons? Whose products will we boycott?

Think of human nature. let’s say you know someone that gets terribly upset when you say the word “cake”. Of course, since we all respect him, we’ll try to steer away from the c word. But there’s always a prankster out there that relishes in such opportunities. He’ll start bombarding him with pictures of cakes, actual cakes, cake recipes, cake songs, cake videos, strippers in cakes…you get the picture.

This is why we shouldn’t expect Ann Summer’s new Mustapha Shag inflatable doll to be the last of such pranks.

The doll, designed to be “Your own inflatable escort for your Hen Night adventures”, has already sparked a controversy in the UK. For those of you who don’t know, Mustafa is the other name of the prophet Muhammad, coincidence?

The Independent wrote about this new controversy today, perhaps trying to lead the way into the next big thing. It wrote about how the Manchester Mosque has written to the sex-shop asking them to withdraw the product:

“You have no idea how much hurt, anguish, and disgust this obnoxious phrase [“Mustafa Shag”] has caused to Muslim men, women and children,” reads their letter.

“We are asking you to please relent on compassionate grounds, and have our Most Reverend Prophet’s Name “Mustafa” (Peace Be Upon Him) and the afflicted word ‘shag’ removed as soon as possible.”

Ann Summer of course was quick to respond:

“We don’t want to offend, but this feels like political correctness gone mad,” she said. “If anyone has a better name for a blow-up doll, please let us know.”

Does anyone have a better name? Here’s my problem with the Mustafa Shag: Mustapha should be spelled with a “ph”!