Muslims Against Peppa Pig: Facebook Campaign Launched to Ban Popular Cartoon

[nero_bolt]

When does it ever stop.   If they dont like the show turn the TV off and stop pushing their views onto the larger population 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/muslims-against-peppa-pig-facebook-campaign-launched-ban-161435398.html#yn...

Muslims Against Peppa Pig: Facebook Campaign Launched to Ban Popular Cartoon

Children's TV's favourite cartoon pig could soon be axed after a British Muslim father launched an online campaign to have Peppa Pig banned.

Facebook page Muslims against Peppa Pig has already garnered nearly 2,500 followers. A Change.org petition, pushing for the show to be pulled from children's TV, has also been set up.

According to Zayn Sheikh, the man behind the drive, the 'haram' character is preventing young children from developing into good Muslims. He says he took action after his young son declared he want to be a pig rather than a doctor.

"For us Muslims it is very important that we do not eat meat of the pork," Sheikh from Bradford said in a video posted on the Facebook page.

"It is completely wrong that our kids are being shown these things on TV,"

He goes on to suggest that the 'abominable creature' should be replaced with an 'Abdullah the Cat' cartoon.

"Children still need cartoons to develop their minds. I propose we introduce Abdullah the cat. I think that if we had a good Muslim cartoon then our children would be better Muslims."

Although it is clear whether this a parody, thousands of people have since leapt to Peppa Pig's defence, claiming "Muslim fanatics" were taking things too far.

"I'm sorry I am Muslim and really do not see the problem with Peppa Pig at all. My children watch it and will soon grow out of it, it isn't like there is a pig on screen saying eat me," one critic said.

Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain said Sheikh's views were not shared by the majority of mainstream Muslims.

"Anecdotally, we know of many Muslim children who watch the show for its entertainment value," a spokesman said.

"Those who do have issues with this can simply refrain from watching the show and purchasing Peppa Pig memorabilia."

[cherry*135]

Revealing the hoax, the British Muslim comedian who identified himself as Zayn Sheikh said in a new video “At the end of the day whatever is going on in the rest of the world is not to do with us regular Muslims in the UK because we are just like any other people. We are normal people. We are just trying to get by... The video was meant as a joke and if you cannot realise its satirical it’s not a concern of mine.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

LOL  I love these spoofs; they are so funny and even funnier is that some people fall for them.

By the way, I thought it was Bolte who wanted Peppa banned.

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Remember the Commonwealth Bank Piggy Bank money box hoax some years ago?

Unfortunately the spoofs are not always so lighthearted. There is a particularly nasty one doing the rounds on FB at the moment. It purports to be a Muslim Organisation on the Gold Coast, and among other inflamatory posts it shows a picture of a 'proposed' new Australian flag which includeds the Islamic crescent. The really scary thing about it though is not the posts themselves but the plethora of hate comments they attract  from morons too brainwashed to realise it is all a crude hoax..

[pct001wine]

Will the OP return to admit that he/she was duped ? 🙂

[k0llectable5]

I was justing thinking that myself Pct lol C'mon Nero you dont have to be ashamed...  I am interested to hear your thoughts now though.

[***super_nova***]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

LOL  I love these spoofs; they are so funny and even funnier is that some people fall for them.

By the way, I thought it was Bolte who wanted Peppa banned.

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Remember the Commonwealth Bank Piggy Bank money box hoax some years ago?

Unfortunately the spoofs are not always so lighthearted. There is a particularly nasty one doing the rounds on FB at the moment. It purports to be a Muslim Organisation on the Gold Coast, and among other inflammatory posts it shows a picture of a 'proposed' new Australian flag which includeds the Islamic crescent. The really scary thing about it though is not the posts themselves but the plethora of hate comments they attract  from morons too brainwashed to realise it is all a crude hoax..

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My comment was bit tongue in cheek.  🙂  If I posted what I really thought, it would have been removed.

You are right, these hoaxes are not really funny when so many people take them seriously, and the myths are perpetuated,  and reappearing year after year, like the one that Muslims want to ban Christmas trees.  That one has been around for decades but some people still believe it; the last time such message came to me via friend in Germany who was very upset that Christmas tree in their city square was to be cancelled due to complaints from Muslim community - the real story was that the city council decided to have artificial tree, rather then cutting down living tree, and it had absolutely nothing to do with Muslims.

[kilroy_is_here]

These sites and these people making up this so called satire should be charged with inciting racial hatred They are neither funny or
Intelligent , they are designed solely to illicit a racist response based on the fear elicited by world events, all they do is inbed the fear and the divide between us , you would not throw fuel on a fire then roll around laughing when it it explodes and that is is all they are doing is throwing fuel on a fire and it will be others that pay the price not them.

[the_great_she_elephant]

I tried to get the page I mentioned removed from FB and so did several of my friends - but FB in its wisdom decided there was nothing to warrant its removal.

[the_great_she_elephant]

If they are obvious satire, done for the purpose of showing up bigots then they shouldn't be a problem, though, as Kilroy pointed out they can backfire badly.. The FB page I mentioned was not satire - it was set up for the express purpose of demonising Muslims.

[k0llectable5]

Well Muslim is not a "race" so I guess theres a bit of a problem there Kilroy.

And looking at the bigger picture; It's only a bit of taking the p*** imo.  I mean peppa pig, it almost does sound like a tasty pork dish lol Muslims dont eat pork and all that so yeah I can kinda see the attempt at poking a bit of a joke at that.  Not that I personally think it is funny but hey it's not actually meant to be serious...

[cherry*135]

There is a certain 'type' of people who get sucked into believing stories like this (satire) are true and can't wait to spread it around....ones with racist leanings? .Most people can tell from first read it isn't legit.

With the power of the internet it doesn't take much effort to check a story is legitimate or comes from a reliable source,  taking this action is especially recommended before republising it as fact.