In Egypt, a rumour is spreading that
the Coca-Cola logo contains an anti-Islamic message.
Coca-Cola, meanwhile, has obtained a ruling from a top Islamic cleric clearing
them; but the rumour keeps spreading: (AP; via
BoyLog)
Buried in the script's curls, rumor has it, is "No Mohammed, No Mecca" in
Arabic ... A reader would have to add a few strokes where they shouldn't
be, lose a few others and squint hard to straighten out those robust English
letters. Flipped upside down, or reflected in a mirror, someone looking to
pick a fight could find blasphemy in the swirls.
On May 10, [the mufti, Nasr Farid Wasel] concluded that "there was no
defamation to the religion of Islam from near or far." Those who spread false
claims ... "will be plunged into hell for 70 autumns."