Posted on 04/08/2008 12:07:23 PM PDT by yoe
Muslim leaders in Britain are outraged about a new game that calls for camouflaged players to shoot BBs at "enemy" players dressed in traditional Arab headdresses, or shemaghs.
The game's creators, however, say using the shemaghs is the "easiest way to tell who the enemy are," according to a report in the London Daily Mail.
"Any sort of game that associates guns and violence with a particular culture is clearly wrong," said Mokhtar Badri, executive member of the Muslim Association of Britain.
"They could use any other type of color or dress to tell between teams which would not cause offense," Badri is quoted in the Mail.
The Zulu-1 Tactical Airsoft Simulations game’s founders, Peter Jenkins, 41, and Darren Howells, 42, deny that using shemaghs is racist.
"We simply use the shemaghs to differentiate between teams," Jenkins is quoted in the newspaper. "Just because some terrorists decide to wear them doesn't make it racist."
Airsoft participants dress in camouflage or shemaghs and use replica machine guns, pistols and sniper rifles that fire 6 mm BBs at their opponents. The game is held at a former Royal Air Force hospital on 20 acres of land in Nocton, Lincs, England, and enthusiasts say it is safer than paintball.
More than 40 people have signed up for the game, which is expected to pit 120 players against each other over woodland, trenches and empty buildings.
According to the Zulu-1 Web site, the game is open to anyone over 16 and participants first must attend a health and safety briefing.
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Muslims upset about something again. What else is new?
Throw in suicide bombs and head hacking, and that would describe Islam.
These people are the biggest bloody whiners I’ve ever seen.
If they are so very unhappy in UK, they should return to the flea infested ratholes they once called home.
Phew. Feel better now.
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He better get in the "offended" line LOL
The truest statement on Arab violence to come from a British "infidel" in a long time.
BS BADri. Since all terrorists are MUSLIMS, and they wear rags on their heads, any game using them CORRECTLY as the enemy is fair game.
perhaps if Islam's scripture didn't suport terrorism, create terrorists, then this wouldn't be an issue.
If the shemagh fits...
Bukhari:V4B52N220 "Allah's Apostle said, 'I have been made victorious with terror.'"
Qur'an:8:57 "If you gain mastery over them in battle, inflict such a defeat as would terrorize them, so that they would learn a lesson and be warned."
Ishaq:326 "If you come upon them, deal so forcibly as to terrify those who would follow, that they may be warned. Make a severe example of them by terrorizing Allah's enemies."
I'm SICK AND TIRED of Muslims being offended, when it's THEIR cults evil 'scripture" which is the OFFENSIVE thing in this world, and the cause of all the problems in the world.
Let them return to their ratholes and eat camel dung.
“enemy” players dressed in traditional Arab headdresses”
The truth hurts.
Just tell them that the team with turbans are Hindu Sikh’s. I’m sure they’ll be OK with that.
The live in buildings made from that. Camel urine is the preferred refreshment.
Bukhari:V7B71N590 "The climate of Medina did not suit some people so the Prophet ordered them to drink camel urine as a medicine."
Obviously Mr, Badri has not seen the Hammas produced TV series where children are indoctrinated to commit homicide in the name of their religion.
Better get Ralphie from “A Christmas Story” on the job with his Red Ryder BB Gun!
Oh, he probably knows about it, but expects that most people don’t,
and he expects the useful idiots on the left to side with him out of ignorance.
I have to agree with the premise of the article. There is something wrong on this one. Why are they not using real Muslims and high powered rifles? As it is someone could get an eye put out.
Some of us are still irate over 9/11 and the Muslim community’s joyful response to it.
Haha, that line made me laugh. Seems like he's saying, "It's not my fault most terrorists tend to wear these things."
Outraged over this...outraged over that...outraged over something else. SCREW THEM...ALL OF THEM. We are outraged over them!!! P!SS ON THEM!!!! Twice on week days !!!
I’d be angry too if I had schmegma on my head.
A pal of mine who ran the Gurkha contract security detail at a fairly important mountaintop radio relay facility in the early days of the Afghanistan fighting happily tells the story of the method his Gurkhas used to drive off the Afghani hangers-on. Any time one of the muslums would stretch out his rug and kneel down for the 5-times-daily prayer ritual, one of the Gurkhas [who are usually Hindi/Buddhist Jain Dharmists or Anglicans] one of the [armed] Gurkha guards would go over and pee on him. After a dozen or so such incidents, the locals quit coming around.
It's not a very good example of *winning hearts and minds.* But the Ghurkas were more inclined to take the head off along with the heart and got the mind in the bargain.
Which would in one sense be a revisitation of the old tradition of playing Cowboys and Indians. Though the Hindu would probably not go for the *Cowboy* bit at all....
Somehow *Sheepherders and Indians* sort of lacks the necessary panache. Hey, how about Pigranchers and Indians...?
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I do, tempered with equal amounts of respect, admiration and joy. I've never been so happy in or near anything military so much as when around the little guys, one reason we put a FR Gurkha ping list together.
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