{"id":4397,"date":"2003-09-10T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2003-09-10T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2003-09-10T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2003-09-10T17:30:37","slug":"cant_you_tell_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/10\/cant_you_tell_b.html","title":{"rendered":"Can’t you tell by the nose?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Saudi religious police have declared that Barbie is a threat to Islamic morality<\/a> — especially since she’s Jewish.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia’s religious police have declared Barbie dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing clothes of the “Jewish” toy — already banned in the kingdom — are offensive to Islam.
\nThe Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, as the religious police are officially known, lists the dolls on a section of its Web site devoted to items deemed offensive to the conservative Saudi interpretation of Islam.
\n“Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful,” said a poster <\/a>on the site.
\n[…] Other items listed as violations on the site included Valentine’s Day gifts, perfume bottles in the shape of women’s bodies, clothing with logos that include a cross, and decorative copies of religious items \u2014 offensive because they could be damaged and thus insult Islam.
\nAn exhibition of all the violating items is found in the holy city of Medina, and mobile tours go around to schools and other public areas in the kingdom.<\/p>\n

Now I have little love of Barbie — among other things, I find that particular shade of pink hideous <\/i>— but, damn, this is almost enough to send me straight to the Toys ‘R’ Us and pick up a dozen for Katherine …<\/p>\n

(via Daimnation<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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