[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Islamophobia

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Islamophobia
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1169735248.shtml


   Via [1]Fox News:

     SHANGHAI â Companies looking to reach China's consumer market with
     pig images during Year of the Pig celebrations next month will have
     to adjust after a national television network adopted a policy to
     be sensitive to the country's small Muslim population, according to
     published reports.

     China Central Television said it would ban all verbal and visual
     pork references from advertisements during Lunar New Year
     celebrations next month, the Wall Street Journal reported. This
     week, the network banned a TV ad from Nestle SA featuring a smiling
     cartoon pig and the message, "Happy new pig year."

     CCTV's ad department said the regulations are intended to avoid
     offending Muslims, who consider pigs unclean animals. China's 20
     million Muslims comprise less than 2 percent of the population, the
     Journal reported.

     "China is a multiethnic country," the network said in a notice. "To
     show respect for Islam, and upon guidance from higher levels of the
     government, CCTV will keep any pig images off the screen."

   Did any Muslims ask them to do this?

References

   1. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246709,00.html