Coke's secret message of anti-Muslim hate

[Edmund Standing]

As if Pepsi actually standing for 'Pay Every Pence to Save Israel' (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=113052) wasn't bad enough, it turns out Coca-Cola is spreading the message 'No Muhammad No Makkah'. So, the two major cola brands are both part of the Worldwide Zionist Conspiracy to support the evil Zionist Entity AND to destroy Islam!

To all you Muslims out there, this drink has a KAFIR statement on it yet you still drink it! You still buy it!

The damning evidence can be seen here (http://i27.tinypic.com/2ro6iol.gif).

[Brainache]

So what are devout Muslims supposed to drink now? No Coke, no Pepsi, next thing you know Mountain Dew will turn out to be an insult to the Prophet and they'll have to drink whiskey.:duck:

[gtc]

The damning evidence can be seen here (http://i27.tinypic.com/2ro6iol.gif).

I love the step where the image is 'adjusted' to reveal the message. Funny.

I took the liberty of flipping the adjusted logo to see just how similar it was to the real 'Dynamic Ribbon Device':

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/4413482158ddc6ad3.gif

The arabic text is different to the adjusted logo and not at all like the Coca-Cola logo.

[johnny karate]

So what are devout Muslims supposed to drink now? No Coke, no Pepsi, next thing you know Mountain Dew will turn out to be an insult to the Prophet and they'll have to drink whiskey.:duck:

Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product. Nice try, infidel.

[Undesired Walrus]

Reads more like 'La Makma' to me.

[Confuseling]

So what are devout Muslims supposed to drink now? No Coke, no Pepsi, next thing you know Mountain Dew will turn out to be an insult to the Prophet and they'll have to drink whiskey.:duck:

Mecca-Cola, obviously. Probably without the whiskey. And probably think carefully about the ice, as well.

Customers in one suburb cautioned them that takfiris - fanatical Sunni extremists - had decreed their frozen product un-Islamic.

"In Ghazaliya it is forbidden to sell ice because the takfiris said the Prophet Muhammad had no ice in his time," said Khatan Kareem, an ice factory manager, shaking his head at the absurdity.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/27/asia/ice.php

[Alferd_Packer]

"In Ghazaliya it is forbidden to sell ice because the takfiris said the Prophet Muhammad had no ice in his time," said Khatan Kareem, an ice factory manager, shaking his head at the absurdity.

Cool, Islamic Amish

[Brainache]

Customers in one suburb cautioned them that takfiris - fanatical Sunni extremists - had decreed their frozen product un-Islamic.

"In Ghazaliya it is forbidden to sell ice because the takfiris said the Prophet Muhammad had no ice in his time," said Khatan Kareem, an ice factory manager, shaking his head at the absurdity.


So in the time of the prophet it didn't snow in cold countries? Allah defies the laws of physics!!!!!!

[defaultdotxbe]

Cool, Islamic Amish
islamish?

[Horatius]

So in the time of the prophet it didn't snow in cold countries? Allah defies the laws of physics!!!!!!



Hey, Allah made the laws of physics, so he can defy them any time he wants!

[The Silver Shadow]

I love extremist Islamic logic at times. Makes me think about the extremes some of my Muslim brethren go. I bet most of them forgot about Sura 96 of the Quran (Read in the name of your Lord), which can be interpreted by many scholars to promote learning and knowledge of not just religion, but of the various sciences too...

But back to the Coca Cola thing. I think for those who won't be able to drink Coca Cola because of its Zionist messages, there is Mecca Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Cola), but I would consider that another Zionist conspiracy because it incorporates the name of the city where the prophet made his first pilgrimage. CONSPIRACY!!!!!!111eleventy

[Confuseling]

islamish?

No, it's called Arabic. :p

Last I heard there were ski resorts in Iran. Pesky Zoroastrians kept all the fun for themselves, it seems.

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I love extremist Islamic logic at times. Makes me think about the extremes some of my Muslim brethren go. I bet most of them forgot about Sura 96 of the Quran (Read in the name of your Lord), which can be interpreted by many scholars to promote learning and knowledge of not just religion, but of the various sciences too...
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Absolutely. They were more or less single handedly inventing much of modern mathematics, astronomy, medicine and anatomy and so forth, and providing refuge for the knowledge of the Greeks, while we were busy setting fire to it because it wasn't in the Bible, and each other for reading it. Classy.

[Brainache]

I love extremist Islamic logic at times. Makes me think about the extremes some of my Muslim brethren go. I bet most of them forgot about Sura 96 of the Quran (Read in the name of your Lord), which can be interpreted by many scholars to promote learning and knowledge of not just religion, but of the various sciences too...

But back to the Coca Cola thing. I think for those who won't be able to drink Coca Cola because of its Zionist messages, there is Mecca Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Cola), but I would consider that another Zionist conspiracy because it incorporates the name of the city where the prophet made his first pilgrimage. CONSPIRACY!!!!!!111eleventy

Do you happen to have a translation of Sura 96 for us non Muslims?

[Beerina]

As if Pepsi actually standing for 'Pay Every Pence to Save Israel' (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=113052) wasn't bad enough.

US, not UK, preceeded 1940s, derives from same root word as dispepsia, aka indigestion, for which it was touted as a treatment flobbilty flibbit flopping all over itself.

[Hans]

Being that I'm a devoted soft drink gourmand. I can rate Mecca Cola as a slightly sweeter, more spicy version of Royal Crown Cola. I find the hint of cardamon (or whatever) a bit unsettling.

Qatar Cola and Star Cola are better imho.

[Drudgewire]

As if Pepsi actually standing for 'Pay Every Pence to Save Israel' (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=113052) wasn't bad enough, it turns out Coca-Cola is spreading the message 'No Muhammad No Makkah'. So, the two major cola brands are both part of the Worldwide Zionist Conspiracy to support the evil Zionist Entity AND to destroy Islam!

This is why I only drink Jolt cola.

Well, that and the fact I'm way too old to do cocaine anymore. :o

[Horatius]

This is why I only drink Jolt cola.

Well, that and the fact I'm way too old to do cocaine anymore. :o



Why would you drink Jews Own Lots of Things Cola?


This is really too easy.

[peteweaver]

I don't care what a reversed coca cola logo looks like.
A real conspiracy is taking place in Zimbabwe, with a tyrant killing people who vote MDC. If conspiracy theorists got as worked up about real conspiracy theories as they do with the wild goose chase hoaxes put out by the likes of Alex Jones, I'd have a little respect for their so called 'truth' movement.

[The Silver Shadow]

Do you happen to have a translation of Sura 96 for us non Muslims?
I'm not that religious, but essentially, it tells the reader to go forth and learn about the world one is in, learn about God's creation (which is interpreted as science), etc.

I don't speak Arabic, but if there's anyone who can, could they do a literal translation please?

[Darth Rotor]

So what are devout Muslims supposed to drink now? No Coke, no Pepsi, next thing you know Mountain Dew will turn out to be an insult to the Prophet and they'll have to drink whiskey.:duck:
They do, in Bahrain. ;) I like the way you think, in any case, since we can balance our trade deficit with the Arab oil exporting nations by selling them Jack Daniels by the supertankerful! :D

DR

[TheDaver]

Subliminal messaging was proven ineffective 50 years ago. For CTs to keep believing in it is just hilarious.

Kudos to the CTs who have thought things like this up, though. Making people see things that aren’t there. Used properly, that could be an even more effective tool/weapon than getting them to act on messages they haven’t read.

[The Silver Shadow]

They do, in Bahrain. ;) I like the way you think, in any case, since we can balance our trade deficit with the Arab oil exporting nations by selling them Jack Daniels by the supertankerful! :D
When you go to the Middle East, it's all about the Johnnie's when it comes to whiskey, Heinies and Corona's for beer and whatever the local synagogue has for wine (If you happen to be in Iran) :D

IOW: invade Scotland, and you just might be able to balance that trade deficit

PS: whiskey tastes awful, I don't know why anyone would drink it.
PPS: I'm not that devout a Muslim. University is my other religion and I have to follow all their customs :D

[mrbaracuda]

I'm not that religious, but essentially, it tells the reader to go forth and learn about the world one is in, learn about God's creation (which is interpreted as science), etc.

I don't speak Arabic, but if there's anyone who can, could they do a literal translation please?

Well then go and learn you're on the internet and got an abundance of translations at your disposal. :rolleyes::D

[Confuseling]

Subliminal messaging was proven ineffective 50 years ago. For CTs to keep believing in it is just hilarious.

Kudos to the CTs who have thought things like this up, though. Making people see things that aren’t there. Used properly, that could be an even more effective tool/weapon than getting them to act on messages they haven’t read.

That's an oversimplification - people still attempt it, and I don't think there's conclusive proof either way (unless I'm out of date)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2000/us_elections/election_news/923335.stm

But more to the point, this is covert symbolism, not subliminal advertising. Quite why you would want to hide evidence of your secret evil designs in the plainest possible sight I just don't know. I'm only an initiate at my lodge, and they barely let me make the tea.

[The Silver Shadow]

Well then go and learn you're on the internet and got an abundance of translations at your disposal. :rolleyes::D
I'm so gonna go truther on you!

Those abundances of translations have to be taken with a grain of salt. My late grandfather, who was an Imam in Iran, and preached a very moderate and liberal form of Islam, told me, when I was young, that Sura 96 meant that I have to go forth and learn about the world around me. He told me not to stick to one person's teachings, but go for a variety of views. That's why I went to see David Frum when he came to the university, even though I don't agree with his conservatism...

However, if you want translation, it's rather vague (http://i-cias.com/e.o/texts/koran/koran096.htm), but after reading the translation for the umpteenth time, I see it as one where knowledge is the greatest wealth to have, and one that can't be taken away from you...

PS: I was writing this all while drinking a Coke Zero :D
PPS: I have two exams tomorrow, so don't expect an answer until late, if you have another question (Damn credit filling courses...)

[gtc]

Given that the translation could be interpreted anyway; I think we should be encouraging young Muslims to to believe that it should be interpreted to mean that Allah wants them to embrace science.

[I Ratant]

Cool, Islamic Amish
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Having a spare tire in your car is a demonstration of a lack of faith in Allah's will.

[I Ratant]

No, it's called Arabic. :p

Last I heard there were ski resorts in Iran. Pesky Zoroastrians kept all the fun for themselves, it seems.
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There's monster ski slopes in Dubai!
Totally indoors, giant things!
http://www.gadling.com/2006/02/09/snow-in-the-desert/
Our petro-dollars at work. :(

[I Ratant]

Do you happen to have a translation of Sura 96 for us non Muslims?

http://www.muslimaccess.com/quraan/arabic/096.asp
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I doubt this can be translated into anything that makes sense.

[The Silver Shadow]

Given that the translation could be interpreted anyway; I think we should be encouraging young Muslims to to believe that it should be interpreted to mean that Allah wants them to embrace science.
It should be, but the problem is that these madrasa's aren't all necessarily funded by the government of the respective nation, but they are being funded by organizations, some of which are less than reputable (Al-Qaeda come to mind?).

It's all fine and dandy to say they should be taught that way, and I'm sure a lot of schools do that, but the ones that grab the headlines are the ones that make us cringe...

[Confuseling]

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Having a spare tire in your car is a demonstration of a lack of faith in Allah's will.

There's an Arab proverb: Trust in Allah - but tie your camel first.