Dunkin Donuts connected to Jihad?

[MaaZa MC]

lol, this is rediculous. Dunkin Donuts was forced to pull this ad because people claimed her scarf is similar to those worn by murderous Islamic extremists..


Dunkin Donuts Ad Removed

Dunkin' Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring 'Jihad' Scarf



Dunkin’ Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.

The coffee and baked goods chain said the ad that began appearing online May 7 was pulled over the past weekend because “the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee.”

Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf wrapped around her looked like a kaffiyeh, the traditional Arab headdress. Critics who fueled online complaints about the ad in blogs say such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.

The kaffiyeh, Malkin wrote in a column posted online last Friday, “has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not-so-ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons.”

Malkin noted that it could appear at times that actor Colin Farrell, rapper Kanye West and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have been photographed in similar scarves that were "distinctive hate couture."

A statement issued Wednesday by Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin’ Brands Inc., however, said the scarf had a paisley design, and was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot.

“Absolutely no symbolism was intended,” the company said.

Dunkin’ spokeswoman Michelle King said the ad appeared on the chain’s Web site, as well as other commercial sites.

Amahl Bishara, an anthropology lecturer at the University of Chicago who specializes in media matters relating to the Middle East, said complaints about the scarf’s use in the ad demonstrate misunderstandings of Arab culture and the multiple meanings that symbols can take on depending on someone’s perspective.

“I think that a right-wing blogger making an association between a kaffiyeh and terrorism is just an example of how so much of the complexity of Arab culture has been reduced to a very narrow vision of the Arab world on the part of some people in the U.S.,” Bishara said in a phone interview. “Kaffiyehs are worn every day on the street by Palestinians and other people in the Middle East — by people going to work, going to school, taking care of their families, and just trying to keep warm.”


While some extremists and terrorists may wear kaffiyehs, “To reduce their meaning to support for terrorism has a tacit racist tone to it,” Bishara said.

Malkin, in a posting following up on last week’s column, said of Dunkin’s decision to pull the ad, “It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists.”

Ray, host of the Food Network television program “30 Minute Meals” as well as a syndicated daytime talk show, began appearing in ads for Dunkin’ Donuts in March 2007. When Dunkin’ announced the partnership, it said Ray would be featured in TV, print, radio and online spots in a campaign running through 2010.

Cliffs: America runs on Durkin

[nymyth]

^^LMAO at the cliffs...but its getting silly now with all this shit....ITS A SCARF

Peace

[Krypto]

While they're at it, why don't they add to their argument and say that D & D is further trying to destroy America by selling fattening pastries, which over time will cause obesity.

I mean, c'mon. Think big.

[reshma]

thast messed up

[gj728]

i heard about this on tv...how ignorant can people be?!

[indecentspeech]

Apparently, Lauren Bush, niece of the George W. Bush must be a terrorist sympathizer too.

[DewDropS]

This is stupid, it's a frieking scarf.

[indecentspeech]

^ This is all Michelle Malkin bs...

Read this, it's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever read in my life.

I've been a fan of Dunkin' Donuts for years. Their Munchkins are heaven. Their coffee is better and cheaper than Starbucks. And the company's management has taken a brave and lonely stand in support of immigration enforcement — refusing to hire illegal aliens and blowing the whistle on applicants with bogus Social Security numbers.

So it was with some dismay that I learned last week that Dunkin' Donuts spokeswoman Rachael Ray, the ubiquitous TV hostess, posed for one of the company's ads in what appeared to be a black-and-white keffiyeh.

The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not so ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities and left-wing icons.

Three years ago, pop singer Ricky Martin donned a traditional red-checked keffiyeh with the phrase "Jerusalem is ours" inscribed in Arabic. Apologizing for his obliviousness, Martin said: "I had no idea that the keffiyeh scarf presented to me contained language referring to Jerusalem, and I apologize to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message." Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, Hollywood darlings Colin Farrell, Sienna Miller and Kirsten Dunst, and rapper Kanye West have all been photographed in endless variations on the distinctive hate couture. So has Meghan McCain, daughter of the GOP presidential candidate, who really ought to know better given that her dad positions himself as the candidate best equipped to "confront the transcendent challenge of our time: the threat of radical Islamic terrorism."

The scarves are staples at anti-Israel rallies in San Francisco and Berkeley. Balenciaga made them chic on the runway. British retailer Topshop sold them stamped with skull prints. Urban Outfitters turned the keffiyehs into a youth trend a few years ago and marketed them as "anti-war scarves." Which brings us to Rachael Ray.

Ray hawked Urban Outfitters scarves on her website before appearing in the Dunkin' Donuts ad.
If she (or whichever stylist is dressing her) wasn't aware of the jihad scarf controversy before she posed for the Dunkin' campaign, she should have been. Urban Outfitters initially pulled the keffiyeh merchandise and apologized when Jewish customers protested, but reintroduced them with different names and colors in several global markets. This is the same company that marketed a bigotry-laced "Everyone loves a Jewish girl" T-shirt stamped with dollar signs and shopping bags. Most recently, the company halted sales of a violence-promoting T-shirt last week depicting a young Palestinian boy in a keffiyeh carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, over the word "Victimized." The T-shirt also featured the Palestinian flag, a map of the Palestinian territories and a small white dove.

"Please understand that we do not buy items to provoke controversy or to intentionally offend," a company spokesman pleaded. Their actions, however, speak louder than their assuaging words.

Dunkin' Donuts won't identify where Ray's scarf was purchased, but issued this statement after blogger Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs (littlegreenfootballs.com) and I, along with many other bloggers and consumers, called attention to it:

"Thank you for expressing your concern about the Dunkin' Donuts advertisement with Rachael Ray. In the ad that you reference, Rachael is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design that was purchased at a U.S. retail store. It was selected by the stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we will no longer use the commercial."

It's refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists. Too many of them bend over backward in the direction of anti-American political correctness. Naturally, liberal commentators on the Internet are now up in arms over Dunkin' Donuts' decision to yank the ad and mock anyone who expresses concern over the keffiyeh's symbolism.

It's just a scarf, the clueless keffiyeh-wearers scoff. Would they say the same of fashion designers who marketed modified Klan-style hoods in Burberry plaid as the next big thing?

Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence — unintentionally or not — they matter. Ignorance is no longer an excuse. In post-9/11 America, vigilance must never go out of style.

Michelle Malkin is author of "Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild." Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

Rachael Ray, Dunkin' Donuts and the Keffiyeh Kerfuffle by Michelle Malkin on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

[DewDropS]

blah I would have kept the damn ad up!

[Saj Boogie]

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[Neetz]

They should have been forced to pull the ad because Rachel Ray is annoying, NOT because of the scarf.

[DewDropS]

Originally Posted by Neetz

They should have been forced to pull the ad because Rachel Ray is annoying.

Right, so everyone who seems to be annoying must be pulled? There would be no television, no ad campaigns, nothing.

[Neetz]

I'm speaking of this ad in particular, to me the bigger issue is Rachel Ray not the scarf. I didn't say everyone, relax..I'm allowed to state my own opinion.

[DewDropS]

Originally Posted by Neetz

relax..I'm allowed to state my own opinion.

Knock yourself out but I'm also allowed to have an opinion

[indecentspeech]

We can reach a middle-way, let's have Rachel Ray be a cook on Al-Jazeera network. She could show us how to make a nice Almond Hummus and Falafels. Would girls like that?

[DewDropS]

I chuckled

[Roddika]

so did i...

i read about this in the morning, its so retarded to pull an ad because of a damn scarf....next thing you know, people will have to change thier names because their names sound jihadi

[ViShOuS18]

wow people are way too sensitive. to pull an ad just for a scarf makes no sense

[Neetz]

I thought this would be interesting to share with you guys..on June 6th they are having a protest against DD, supposedly its an international protest..I got an invite for it today on my Facebook.


Excerpt taken from the event posting:

Instructions for the protest...
Simple: on Friday June 6th

1) Wear a kaffiyeh! Preferably whilst standing outside your local Dunkin' Donuts. ;) PLEASE DO NOT HARASS ANY DD EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS, OR BE ANY KIND OF NUISANCE TO ANYONE. This is a peaceful protest, and besides, DD serving staff are not responsible for their employer's marketing blunders! If you are asked to leave then do so, without causing a scene. We don't want this hitting the press for the WRONG reasons, God-forbid.

2) Change your profile pic to one of the images listed at the top of this description.
3) Change your status message to: is wearing their kaffiyeh with pride! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=20090243695
4) Take a photo/video of yourself wearing your kaffiyeh (with pride) and post it on the event page.
5) Contact Dunkin' Donuts - tell them about this event & demand for an apology - contact details at the bottom of this page.
6) If you own a blog or website, please write about the event & either link to this page or to the following:
International “Wear Your Kaffiyeh With Pride” Day iMuslim