Fisher-Price "Dawah Doll" brings the deen
Thursday November 13, 2008
Categories: Stranger than Fiction, The Gash of Civilizations
Awesome.Parents are outraged about the messages they're hearing from a doll. It's Fisher-Price's "Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo" doll.Some people claim they can hear it mumble "Satan is king" in one track; then clearly speak "Islam is...
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All I heard on that track was baby-talk. Clearly my faith is weak.
and here I was, thinking that this was going to be about Rida-wala Barbie.
I can tell you now that will be the best headline I'll read all day. Awesome.
Hilarious! We've gone from listening to rock and roll records backwards to looking for Satan in dolls for toddlers.
OMG - what if, by pulling the doll, Wal-Mart is really doing reverse anti-dawah by making people rush to find them wherever they may be?
The layers of complexity!
I work at Wal-mart and they still have them on our shelves.
What I heard was not actually clear, but just imagine if it really did say Islam is the light?! I can see why most typical Americans would feel the way they do, but that's only because the religion is so foreign and scary to them. Maybe instead of just listening to the media, they should find out themselves what is Islam is all about before getting so hasty!
I can see why most Americans would be upset to hear it saying "Islam is the light", but myself I couldn't hear it clearly. These comments are from Americans who are unfortunately not educated and are listening to the media in which case is not always telling the truth about Islam. Instead, they should be trying to learn what Islam is all about before acting so hasty.
Much ado about nothing. It really reminds me of my time in a local store's toy department when the talking Teletubbies dolls arrived. I think it was the red one (Po?) that said faggot faggot.
The lunatic fringe is alive and well. It's sad that there are people out there who have nothing better to do other than to make up weird lies involving Islam.
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