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Barcelona changes Badge to avoid offending muslims
http://www.enews20.com/news_Barcelona_Changes_Badge_to_Avoid_Offending_Muslims_04532.html ^ | By Andrew Duncan

Posted on 12/18/2007 10:49:30 AM PST by marthemaria

According to the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia, the Spanish football club Barcelona is altering its famous badge in some Arab countries in order to avoid offending Muslims.

The badge is especially altered in Saudi Arabia or Algeria, where the Barcelona shirts are being sold without the red cross of Saint George, the patron saint of the Catalan region which Barca claims to represent, the La Vanguardia newspaper found in a private investigation.

The badge, which was created in 1906, features a single vertical red line in Saudi Arabia and Algeria, due to the fact that there, the red cross represents the symbol of the brutal mediaeval Christian crusades against Islam.

La Vanguardia, in its Saturday edition, expressed its indignation as well as shock, asking the officials of the club to respond to the situation.

The investigation is expected to cause some debates among Barca fans, as it would be the second time in the club’s history when the badge is being altered. The first time was during the Franco period (1939-1975), when Barca had to remove from their badge the red and yellow stripes of the banned Catalan regional flag, due to the fact that the regime did not approve any signs of Catalan autonomy or separatism.

Only when Franco was close to his death the club received permission to put the red and yellow stripes back onto their badge.

The emerging scandal comes after the problematic episode encountered by Italian champions Inter Milan in September, when they played in white shirts with a big cross on the front against the Turkish club Fenerbahce.

The Turkish media harshly criticized the Italian team, saying that they used those particular shirts in order to offend Muslim sentiments. Turkish lawyer Baris Kaska requested UEFA sanctions for Inter over charges of racist superiority of a religion.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antichristian; ballsports; crusader; crusades; football; islamicimperialism; lifeamongthekufir; milan; mosqueandstate; muslimslands; religiousintolerance; soccer; spain
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1 posted on 12/18/2007 10:49:30 AM PST by marthemaria
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To: marthemaria

And are the offended teams going to remove any muzz symbols from their badges and shirts? I doubt it highly.

Even more reason to suspect the whole sport of soccer.


2 posted on 12/18/2007 10:52:36 AM PST by doodad
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To: marthemaria
Only other individuals I know of that have a problem with a cross are vampires.

What will they do - explode?

Paging Muslim Rage Boy!

3 posted on 12/18/2007 10:54:14 AM PST by Mach5
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To: marthemaria

How long until Arsenal will be forced to remove the cannon from their badge because it's too militaristic?

4 posted on 12/18/2007 10:54:24 AM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: marthemaria

“...due to the fact that there, the red cross represents the symbol of the brutal mediaeval Christian crusades against Islam.”

But someday the glorious Islamic empire will once again extend to Spain and they will safely be muslim lands once more.

The soccer stadium will also be able to serve as a public execution ground.


5 posted on 12/18/2007 10:56:01 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: marthemaria
the red cross represents the symbol of the brutal mediaeval Christian crusades against Islam.

I'm feeling pretty good about those 'brutal mediaeval Christian crusades'. The Muslim's path to Jerusalem was soaked in blood. And still is today, come to that.

6 posted on 12/18/2007 10:56:25 AM PST by agere_contra (Do not confuse the wealth of nations with the wealth of government - FDT)
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To: dfwgator

it has nothing to do with soccer. its just these retards giving in to the muslim community.

just like teams here that are changing their mascots because the native indians are offended.


7 posted on 12/18/2007 10:56:32 AM PST by abstracTT
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To: marthemaria

http://www.tff.org.tr/ - Turkey Football Federation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_J.K. --- Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (commonly Beşiktaş, pronounced [bɛʃɪktɑːʃ]) (English: Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club)

Note that the Beşiktaş is the only Turkish club which is entitled to have the Turkish flag on its emblem, because it once represented Turkey against the Greek national team. The flag is an enduring legacy of officially sanctioned ethnic and religious supremacy.

That any club that has historic reasons for having a cross or other religious symolism in their official uniforms/flags/banners is enough for that to stay in place.

8 posted on 12/18/2007 10:56:57 AM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: marthemaria
the red cross represents the symbol of the brutal mediaeval Christian crusades against Islam.

The Crusades were a defensive effort to reclaim Christian lands that had been conquered by Muslims.

9 posted on 12/18/2007 10:57:11 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: doodad

This would be like the Atlanta Braves demanding that the New York Yankees change their team name when they come to town. After all, the North conquered the South and burned down Atlanta.


10 posted on 12/18/2007 10:57:23 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: marthemaria

Has the whole world gone nuts or am I just trapped in a recurring loop nightmare?


11 posted on 12/18/2007 10:58:45 AM PST by purpleraine
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To: marthemaria

I think they should knock down the minarets to avoid offending Spaniards.


12 posted on 12/18/2007 10:58:49 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: doodad

Soccer is like Rollerball. It is the way xenophobic and nationalist rage is expressed nationstates in the “old world”. They are upset with US/us because we don’t care about their game.


13 posted on 12/18/2007 10:59:43 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: purpleraine

And yet to hear of it, it is Bush and the neocons redacting what everyone says these days.


14 posted on 12/18/2007 11:00:29 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: weegee
This would be like the Atlanta Braves demanding that the New York Yankees change their team name when they come to town.

But we do. They are called the damn yankees for the whole series.

15 posted on 12/18/2007 11:01:06 AM PST by doodad
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To: weegee

On the other hand, in this day of increasing globalization, it’s good to still see some displays of unabashed nationalism.

And if the US team ever made it to the semis of the World Cup, everybody in this country will be watching and chanting “USA!!! USA!!!”


16 posted on 12/18/2007 11:02:13 AM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: marthemaria

I’m neither Christian nor Muslim, but this act by the Spanish team was pandering at its worst. Of all nations they could have stooped to, they chose Saudi Arabia?!! That excuse of a nation should have had its Satanic soul blown off to bits for all the Wahabbi activities that it has sponsored over the course of this century, responsible for the vast bulk of Islamic terrorism today. Besides, the Saudis are the most intolerant, arrogant excuses for life-forms that ever walked this earth, bi-pedally.


17 posted on 12/18/2007 11:02:51 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Mach5
A couple of days ago I posted a story about a museum that cancelled an exhibit not to “offend” muslims.This is happening all over Europe. I wish the Barcelona team would show some spine not appeasing to political correctness or violent reactions from “offended” muslims.
18 posted on 12/18/2007 11:05:00 AM PST by marthemaria
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To: marthemaria
I think the sword is a commonly used symbol among followers of the Religion of Pieces.Talk about insulting! Talk about unfriendly!
19 posted on 12/18/2007 11:05:26 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: dfwgator
How long until Arsenal will be forced to remove the cannon from their badge because it's too militaristic?

Not only that, it contains the word "arse", which could offend even more weaklings.

Go Gunners!

20 posted on 12/18/2007 11:08:36 AM PST by rfp1234 (Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. ---James Branch Cabell)
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