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EMOTICONS MAKE ALLAH :(

Thinking of getting all crazy with the emoticons? Well, you better watch yourself, buster:

The use of emotional signs, for example, smile, sad, etc. in a cellphone falls in the category of animate pictures.

It is prohibited to make use of such emotional signs in a cellphone.

Posted by Tim B. on 02/08/2007 at 11:27 AM
  1. And we are supposed to take this religion seriously?

    Posted by Observer on 2007 02 08 at 11:35 AM • permalink

  2. :-((( ;-)  :-> 8-<

    Hoo boy, I guess I’m in trouble now.
    And why is it that all these fundamentalist Muslim leaders have their followers hoist up big pictures of them?  Sadr’s thugs followers have giant pictures of him during his rallies, same with Nasrallah.  Even Khomeni did.

    Posted by rbj1 on 2007 02 08 at 11:35 AM • permalink

  3. What if we make an emoticon image of Mohammed?

    ([:^I>

    Posted by moptop on 2007 02 08 at 11:43 AM • permalink

  4. Can we use the Prophet (pbuh) with a bomb in his turban instead? ~€{:-<)>

    Posted by Paul Zrimsek on 2007 02 08 at 11:45 AM • permalink

  5. Ok, how about an emoticon portrait of Mohammed contest?

    @(8?p~>

    Posted by moptop on 2007 02 08 at 11:46 AM • permalink

  6. By the way, broadcasting beheadings to cell phones is just hunky dory.

    Posted by moptop on 2007 02 08 at 11:48 AM • permalink

  7. #4 I think you have found yopur true calling as an emoticon designer (emoticon-artist?)

    Posted by tabitharuth on 2007 02 08 at 11:49 AM • permalink

  8. Accessing this post from the previous one makes use of the following extra special link:
    EMOTICONS MAKE ALLAH :( >>

    Posted by triticale on 2007 02 08 at 11:55 AM • permalink

  9. Do not create emoticons on your cellphone, for they are forbidden. Nor shall you doodle during boring office meetings, or work on the child’s placemat at affordable, family-style restaurants. They are an abomination. Nor copy the picture of the pirate so that you can get into the mailorder art school. O believer! Do you not know that paper and pencil were created by Allah to design explosive devices with? You profane him when you sketch out that chemical compound that might cure cancer. And that is why it is more blessed to be ignorant nitwits.

    and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

    Posted by Merlin on 2007 02 08 at 11:58 AM • permalink

  10. {:^/]...[

    Beheadings are hard to text

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 02 08 at 11:58 AM • permalink

  11. Didn’t the asker of the question, and the answerer by putting it up the web use emoticons, and hence do the evil that is an animate picture?

    Posted by sam on 2007 02 08 at 12:01 PM • permalink

  12. #1. Agreed.  How on earth can any adult take this belief system seriously?  I mean, really.

    Posted by Olrence on 2007 02 08 at 12:06 PM • permalink

  13. See, that’s where they’re going to lose their teenagers completely.

    No, Dad, I haven’t been making emoticons on my cellphone.  Sure, Dad.  Whatever you say, Dad.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 02 08 at 12:11 PM • permalink

  14. Allah Ta’ala rolled out of bed
    And ran to the po-lice station
    ...
    I wish someone with songwriting talent would finish this to the tune of Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the School Yard”

    Posted by unkraut on 2007 02 08 at 12:13 PM • permalink

  15. I suppose the ``Ship arriving too late to save drowning witch’’ emoticon is out too, then.

    Posted by rhhardin on 2007 02 08 at 12:44 PM • permalink

  16. Hush yo’ moth, er, mouth. Moth, mouth, moth. Which is it?

    Oh, bugger it.

    Posted by Harry Eagar on 2007 02 08 at 12:44 PM • permalink

  17. #14

    When his imam found out
    he had texted an umlaut
    he demanded an investigation
    it was against the law
    it was against the law
    he reached for his saw
    to enforce the law

    arkin looks round
    and spits on the ground
    ev’ry time a soldier’s mentioned
    an’ john edwards says ‘oy’
    i didn’t get no joy
    in my bid for blogger attention


    allah say no
    the imam likes to tell us
    allah say no
    he telling us time and time again
    goodbye cat meat, say hello to your burqa
    Sharia be the rule, obey the fatwa
    Sharia be the rule, obey the fatwa

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 02 08 at 01:04 PM • permalink

  18. Poets, artists, cartoonists . . . the commenters here are like the X-Men or the Justice League: they can do it all!

    Posted by paco on 2007 02 08 at 01:17 PM • permalink

  19. [blush]

    We can but hope to be accepted into the Poets-Artists-Cartoonist-Organization, master.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 02 08 at 01:37 PM • permalink

  20. #19: Oh, HO, Bingley! Good one, that. Consider yourself a “Senior Fellow”, entitled to all the rights, privileges, and amenities appertaining thereto (er, same “to be determined”).

    Posted by paco on 2007 02 08 at 02:29 PM • permalink

  21. It is prohibited to make use of such emotional signs in a cellphone.

    That reminds me of that “inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read” joke.

    Posted by PW on 2007 02 08 at 03:37 PM • permalink

  22. #21 PW: How does that one go?

    Posted by paco on 2007 02 08 at 03:44 PM • permalink

  23. Well, it won’t be funny now since I’ve already given away the punchline, but anyway…Marx Brothers joke, I think:

    Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

    The best-knowing Allah Ta’ala’s exhortation made me think of Muslims literally trying to make “emotional signs” in a cellphone.

    How many LAUGHs did I just eradicate?

    (BTW, I expect some credit for using “literally” correctly, now.)

    Posted by PW on 2007 02 08 at 04:08 PM • permalink

  24. And how long will it be till MY use of emoticons constitutes an—all together now—‘insult to Islam’, which will make me responsible for any—get ready for it—‘outrage I provoke’?

    God, it’s really all getting so pathetically predictible.

    Posted by cosmo on 2007 02 08 at 04:12 PM • permalink

  25. I slam, you slam, we all slam for ISLAM

    Posted by ausdiplomad on 2007 02 08 at 04:21 PM • permalink

  26. Thank you, Mr. Bingley.  I nominate you for local Poet Laureate.

    Posted by unkraut on 2007 02 08 at 04:39 PM • permalink

  27. #23: Well, I think that’s funny!

    Posted by paco on 2007 02 08 at 04:40 PM • permalink

  28. On a marginally-related note:

    Hamas and Fatah declare a truce.

    The betting pool for how long this one will last is now open.  Please submit your wagers in increments of nanoseconds.

    Posted by Achillea on 2007 02 08 at 04:56 PM • permalink

  29. yes, and let’s not forget the broader context

    Posted by JonathanH on 2007 02 08 at 05:26 PM • permalink

  30. ><////*> 


    Everyone this is a jesus fish to clean the room from Islamic symbols . (it looks pretty hey?)

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 02 08 at 05:28 PM • permalink

  31. Does anyone know what the fundamental theory is behind this?  I’m sure the Koran does not discuss text messages, so I’m trying to figure out the background to this rule.

    Posted by sim on 2007 02 08 at 05:29 PM • permalink

  32. Hamas and Fatah Declare Truce; Fifteen Dead.

    Posted by paco on 2007 02 08 at 05:33 PM • permalink

  33. The only Islamic preaching I’ve EVER agreed with.

    This does, however, make it more difficult to sell my anti-emoticon hate: it was based on the notion that it was an Islamist plot.

    Posted by mencken_cynic on 2007 02 08 at 05:38 PM • permalink

  34. #31, the rule is a prohibition against making graven images that could be worshipped in place of God.  Hairsplitters in Islam, of course, take it to its illogical conclusion by prohibiting any reproduction of man or animal, which would preclude photography, painting, sculpting, or making emoticons on your cellphone.  The majority of Muslims probably don’t take it seriously, since as someone here pointed out, the Big Guys like having their pictures plastered everywhere.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 02 08 at 05:39 PM • permalink

  35. sim:

    I think the background is—

    —as it was with the Mo-toons, the Minneapolis taxi drivers who wouldn’t carry passengers with alcohol, the porcine statuary which had to be removed, the creation of a ‘Palestinian’ dealth-cult society, and all the other ginned up faux-grievances and pathologies—

    —whatever these ‘leaders’ think they can get away with inflicting on their own people and whatever credulous, self-flagellating Westerners will buy.

    Trouble is, too few people in a position to do so are calling ‘bullshit’ on all of this for the obvious shakedown it is.

    Posted by cosmo on 2007 02 08 at 05:40 PM • permalink

  36. RebeccaH:

    And we used to snicker at primitives who thought getting their pictures taken would steal their soul.  The degree to which we take ANY of this pre-literate nonsense so seriously says more about us than it says about the crackpot theocrat dispensing it.

    Posted by cosmo on 2007 02 08 at 05:44 PM • permalink

  37. But what if a djinn sends you an emoticon that will protect you from having your penis stolen via cell phone? I bet the imam didn’t think that one all the way through.

    #31 I believe its basis is supposed to be that depicting the human form in Islam is akin to idolatry, sim, which is why their past art was mainly geometric patterns and concentrated on architecture but, as Charles at LGF showed during the Prophet Mo cartoons controversy, there are examples of human representative art from historical Islamic sources even depicting Mo himself.

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 08 at 05:48 PM • permalink

  38. #32 Let’s hope peace breaks out in the PA more often , paco. (Maybe we should found the PA Charity Organisation to encourage such a peace movement?)

    And obviously I was too late in replying to sim’s query.
    8=^(
    Too slow! Too slow!

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 08 at 05:51 PM • permalink

  39. BTW Mr Bingley I am still humming those lines of yours. Great stuff

    Posted by JonathanH on 2007 02 08 at 06:14 PM • permalink

  40. Thanks! That stuff is fun.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 02 08 at 06:30 PM • permalink

  41. Is it just me or did anyone else piss themselves laughing at the title of this post
    Maybe I’m just easily amused

    Posted by Rachel Corrie's Flatmate on 2007 02 08 at 06:44 PM • permalink

  42. #7512 Q. At work to get holidays i have to lie sometimes. I want a holiday and i know they will say No so can i lie to get my holidays? Jazakullah Mufti saab, for answering mine and everone`s question and may Allah Accept your time and Grant you more Knowledge. Ameen

    A. It is not permissible to speak a lie to get leave from work.

    You know what is a valid excuse to the company to obtain a leave. You may create a factual situation and then request for leave based on truth.

    and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

    Mufti Ebrahim Desai


    I’m not even going to bother commenting on that one.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 02 08 at 07:35 PM • permalink

  43. {*}
    The big mo exploding.

    Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 02 08 at 07:47 PM • permalink

  44. Are they allowed to have personalised ringtones?

    How about the sound of a burbling big-block Chevrolet 427?

    Is that allowed?

    Posted by ilibcc on 2007 02 08 at 07:57 PM • permalink

  45. And we used to snicker at primitives who thought getting their pictures taken would steal their soul.

    You mean there’s no PACO product that can do this?

    Posted by PW on 2007 02 08 at 08:18 PM • permalink

  46. The dipsticks at Muslim Village will be in the shit then.

    Posted by Contrail on 2007 02 08 at 08:44 PM • permalink

  47. #2 They’re Shiites (yes! spelled it right!) Strong Persian influence there and pictures of people ain’t so un-holy for them.

    I just wish the Persians would throw of the yoke of Arab imperialism they have suffered under for a 1000 years.

    The “Iranian” New Year is coming shortly. The muslim cunts hate this celebration of Persian culture.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 02 08 at 08:44 PM • permalink

  48. #42 Secretly named Arbed,

    This logic is identical to the logic they use to get around the “no interest” money lending policy.

    How does it go? I will buy this thing that you want (house for example) for this sum. Here is the money. Now I will rent it back to you for, say, 30 years, at this amount. After 30 years, I will graciously give you this house as a mark of my esteem for you.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 02 08 at 08:52 PM • permalink

  49. 45 PW:

    I’m sure he’s working on it.  Shhhh . . . let’s be quiet.  Genius at work.

    Posted by cosmo on 2007 02 08 at 09:12 PM • permalink

  50. #37 andycanuck:

    But what if a djinn sends you an emoticon that will protect you from having your penis stolen via cell phone? I bet the imam didn’t think that one all the way through.

    Priceless

    Posted by cosmo on 2007 02 08 at 09:22 PM • permalink

  51. Is “Allah” Arabic for “Nuggan?”

    Ask walterplinge, he’ll explain…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 02 08 at 10:00 PM • permalink

  52. ____
      (____)o
      ( _ _ )
      l o o l
      W ^ W
        WWW

    Posted by Narnian1 on 2007 02 08 at 10:37 PM • permalink

  53. To think, this primitive cult, is actually breeding. What will become of the world. Globula Warmening not withstanding.

    Posted by BJM on 2007 02 08 at 11:42 PM • permalink

  54. #52 Good one, Narnian1. Surely, a certain top three finisher in any eMOticon contest. (Although maybe Vs would work better for width for the sideburns leading into the WWW beard.)

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 09 at 12:22 AM • permalink

  55. =:()

    Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge on 2007 02 09 at 04:42 AM • permalink

  56. #42 habib (no not our habib): jamila, we need that holiday but the bastards won’t give me time off. i’m going to say i’m sick
    jamila: you know that is not permissible
    habib: so what am i going to do?
    jamila: well, you have to create a factual situation that will let you stay away from work
    habib: ........ !bing! (sound of faulty cluebat bought online from paco enterprises)
    jamila, pass me that baseball bat - no - on second thoughts you hang onto it - hit me on the kneecap
    jamila: ai ai ai habib, that’s a bit over the top
    habib: just do it woman - you know i am your lord & master & you must obey me
    jamila: ok then (sickening crunch)
    habib: ooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
    jamila: ummm is this the best time to mention i got cheap flights to gstaad?  guess you won’t need to pack skis

    Posted by KK on 2007 02 09 at 08:38 AM • permalink

  57. I always liked this Mohammed, myself:

      *-Oc
    //>:o(>

    Note the Prophet of Peace™ bomb!

    Posted by SoberHT on 2007 02 09 at 10:29 AM • permalink

  58. And we used to snicker at primitives who thought getting their pictures taken would steal their soul.

    You mean there’s no PACO product that can do this?

    You mean the Prototype Asmomatous Construct Obliviator?  I’ve been beta-testing that.  Let me tell you, an army of soulless zombie slaves sounds good on paper, but they’re starting to seriously creep me out.

    Posted by Achillea on 2007 02 09 at 02:33 PM • permalink

  59. Asomatous, even.  PIMF.

    Posted by Achillea on 2007 02 09 at 03:00 PM • permalink

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