Barbie meets sharia
No, it’s not a joke:
One of the world’s most famous children’s toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover – wearing a burkha.
Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby’s for Save The Children.
More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy.
…The company director of Laird Assessors from The Wirral, Cheshire, said: ‘Bring it on Burkha Barbie, I think this is a great idea.
‘I think this is really important for girls, wherever they are from they should have the opportunity to play with a Barbie that they feel represents them.
Via the Daily Mail.
No word yet on whether the dolls will be subjected to female genital mutilation or come with stoning pits in order to accurately represent their “diversity.”
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Political correctness-celebrating barbarism, tyranny and appeasesment-again.
I really wish I could say I was surprised by this, but I was actually wondering why it took this long. I sometimes wonder how the people who did this would feel if it was done to them – but then I realize that they believe that they’re exempt.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:48 AM
Jim Hoft
David Coleman Headley is the son of a former Pakistani diplomat. He had vowed to “retaliate against India” in one of his e-mail messages intercepted by investigators.
From the video: The American Muslim Terrorist enjoyed a hotline connection with his Pakistani masters, not just the Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders but also the Pak army.
Islamic Terrorist David Coleman Headley’s Pak army connection exposed (13 Nov 2009)
The two men were arrested for plotting to attack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed.
Newsweek reported:
The FBI is expanding its investigation in a Chicago terrorism case to determine whether a key suspect may have helped scout targets for last year’s massive coordinated attack in Mumbai, India that killed 166 people, according to U.S. law enforcement officials.
The Justice Department announced late last month that it had charged two Chicago-area men—David Coleman Headley, the son of a former Pakistani diplomat, and a childhood friend, Tahawwur Hussain Rana– for plotting to attack a Danish newspaper for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed.
But since then, the case has taken some dramatic turns that have attracted the interest of Indian Government investigators and transformed it into one of the most significant international terrorism cases that the FBI has brought since 9/11, the officials say.
Don’t they mean “Save the Male Children”? Or, are they promoting hypocrisy by selling something that enslaves female children?
OT, but incredibly funny.
SNL: Obama & Jintao Press Conference in Beijing
CNN fact check of SNL skit not yet available.
I shall sic my grand daughters on the heathens at Sotheby-do not mess with Barbie or the Sky Dancers. Harrumph and curses ahab the arab sheik of the burning sands.
No-that is Barney Franks “Massachusetts Project”–Little Boys R Ours.
Next will come a Muslim “G.I. Joe” complete with bomb vest and detonator. Good grief. On the Barbie issue could you imagine a life-size, burkha draped doll?
I suspect the next doll will be Ken the Jihadist doll. It wouldn’t sell well, though, because it would have a habit of blowing itself up occasionally.
None of the arguments for this doll make sense. What are they talking about it allows them to play with dolls of their own identity! They can’t play with dolls in the first place it’s against their religion!!!!!!!!!!
It will come with a bag of stones and a noose.
Naughty Burkha Barbie might get uppity.
Bingo!
I just find it dumbfounding these ideologues sell this crap and think we buy into it! Again, as we see it has to do w/MONEY! Follow the money!
They’re a toy company. They’ll make and sell anything they think some adult can be conned into buying for their little ankle-biters.
*Shouldn’t that Burkha Barbie have a removable head?; That way the future Islamo-fascist nancy boys of said religion of peace and tolerance will have something to practice with as they follow a 7th century invented religion of death cult savages.
*Will the Burkha Baby be next?; It would be the perfect gift for the pedophobes that are the Liberals/Statists; They figure whatever babies they can’t kill, they should at least cover up.
I might even be tempted into buying one if it wasn’t too expensive and available around here. I wouldn’t open it; just put it away in a place up in the attic. Someday, years in the future, maybe one of my grandchildren would find it and sell it as a collector item. It certainly would be a very rare “Barbie”.
Awwww; how cute; so inclusive, so tolerant. I think it would be the kindest gesture for the makers of the Burka Barbie to present this doll directly to members of Al Queda. The moment could be caught on tape; and later circulated on the internet and various jihadi websites, as the practitioners of the religion of piece(s), happily, gleefullybehead the infidels that made the doll.
Still laughing. Thanks, needed that this morning.
How the heck could you tell if it was Barbie or not?!
Do you think the Obama admistration is favoring Islam? Should I make a list? If Islam ( no seperation between church and state) becomes dominate in this country because of favoritism we are doomed. I still would like a Muslin to explain from the Quoran in the end of days why Mohmmed and Jesus are allies fighting Satan when Islam defies all Christianity?
Mattel is politically incorrect!
Where is the strap on bomb?
Not that this makes it right, but please notice that an Italian designer (aka: liberal artist type) designed the exhibit. Mattel isn’t mass producing these to sell; however they apparently approve.
But I agree, still disturbing.
Should this Barbie go on the market I bet those little girls receiving one will quickly create/stash away some bitsy bikinis.
First thing their brothers will do is take a peak under the burka.
I think they should make a mohammed doll so we could stick pins in it. That would make the mooslims pretty ticked, don’t you think??
The president of the United States of America bows, apologizes, and humbles himself before the leader of a country that condones the murder, mutilation and slavery of it’s women.
Dogs and cats get more protection and are treated better in our country compared to the daily beatings, ritual murders, and denigration that women are subject to by Islam. But, our president is frightened of “backlash” and is more concerned about being a “president of the world” than being the president of the United States. It is amazing how destructive the ego can be. Our president has found his one true love, and he will love himself faithfully, without reservation
I wonder if she’s ritually circumcised?
This defeats what Barbie is all about which is b**bs and the hour-glass figure.
The purpose of the burqua is so people cannot guess a woman’s weight within a 40 pound range.
Suicide bomber vest option included.
I’m sure his daughters will undergo the procedure for the example he sets to the mohammedans.
Very durable, for years and years of playtime fun!
Make that Jihad Joe
Obama in a turbin would sell well in Africa.
FLOTUS in a burkha would get someone killed.
We could make him to be one of those urinal disinfectant bars. Piss be upon him!
Great idea…very creative! And I bet it would sell very well.
Since playing with dolls is against Islam, maybe the real purpose is so little Muslim boys can peek under the burqa to see what their virgins will look like.
So will Ken get to honor-kill her?
Instead of a convertible, she could drive a goat-pulled wagon.
I’m still trying to figure out to whom they’re marketing this thing?
(Maybe it’s wishful thinking, y’know, the sexy American lady must now wear a burkha, coming soon to the US!)
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HI ARIZONANEANDERTHAL–Thank you for the (not!) politically correct link to the old AHAB THE ARAB tune. I haven’t heard it for 50 years. But watch your back–some AZ Jihadi might find it a lot more offensive than some Mohammed (PBUH) cartoons.
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However, somehow I feel you will use the TEXAS APPROACH if any of them temporarily “darken your door”!
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That song needs some updating to make it more current. It should be a lot more offensive than the cartoons.
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John Bibb
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Bring on a Cold War of ideological battle against islam. We need a Reagan who will call this evil empire what it is, and lead a crusade against this tyranny. Yes, a crusade.
BOYCOTT MATTEL!
Christmas is just around the corner. Screw these mealy-mouth sycophant muslim appeasers! No more of their cheap P.C. toys in my household. What a frickin’ disgrace!
If Mattel is going to make such a doll, why not go all the way and make her ELEVEN YEARS OLD, just like the CHILD that FIFTY FIVE YEAR OLD pedophile pig muhammud was “doing”. That shouldn’t offend anyone.
God created things in order from least to greatest. The crowning glory of God’s creation is humanity, and more specifically, women.
Those who worship the true God are, not surprisingly, those who also end up treating women the best.
Those who worship false gods end up treating women the worst.
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P.S. While many take the highest (women) and make them the lowest, others take the lowest (Earth) and make it the highest, worshiping “Mother Earth” instead of “Father God”.
Does she come with the usual upper lip fuzz and extra nasal hair? No? Smooth shaved legs and underarms? Yes? Usual Barbie makeup tatooed to her eyes and lips? So, it’s not a REAL Burkha Barbie then, right?
Whever it was that said ‘follow the money’ is right on target. This stunt is supposed to support Save The Children? I have an idea on how to save a few more than this stupid idea.
STOP BLOWING THEM UP!
Oh, and the story does NOT say this idea came from an Italian company rather than Mattel. It doesn’t specify just where the idea came from, only that
What little boy would do that? I can’t even imagine it.
and can be acessorized with a suicide belt hiden under the garment. just pay for extra shipping and handling.
As any mother of a girl knows, it doesn’t matter what they are wearing. All Barbie dolls end up naked within minutes after the girl receives it and stays that way pretty much until they stop playing with toys altogether.
SWEDE; THANKS FOR THAT HYSTERICAL SNL SKIT. BARRY HAS REACHED JIMMAH STATUS IN UNDER A YEAR. CAN’T BE TRUSTED, OR BELIEVED. HE’S SCREWING HIS OWN PEOPLE, HU HAS EVERY RIGHT TO EXPECT IT FROM HIM.
With regard to the SNL skit, the truth hurts, doesn’t it?
I’m just so encouraged that SNL is actually doing skits that show Obama in a less than holy light!! Good for them. And it shows that people, even lefties like SNL are waking up.
We need a 12-step assimilation program for Barbie now?
How do we really know it’s Barbie?
Mattel needs to understand that the burkha is not a religious statement. It’s a political statement made by the most intolerant ideology in the world.
This doll is for Muslim perverts. Real people won’t have anything to do with it.
Even John Stewart is goofing on Dear Leader with some frequency now. I read a poll that found Stewart is the most credible source for news now. ‘Tis a sad state of affairs indeed. But Stewart and SNL are good cultural indicators. A very encouraging trend.
Make Barbie 9 years old and you’ve got “Bride of Mohammed Barbie.”
So Pedophile Victim Barbie and Ken-Beaten Barbie are on the way?
It comes with the Blow Up Everyone at the Bustop accessory.
Gee, I guess I’ll put that right next to my pole dancer doll./sarc
How long until the burqua appears on the runway at New York fashion week?
3…2…1……
Summer fashion. Burqua Bikini.
I cannot wait to see Ken dressed in Hamas green wearing an explosive vest.
Burkha Barbie is an interesting contrast to the opposing concept – Bratz Dolls. What is it with the left – anything goes or nothing goes? My daughter, almost 18, has always called Bratz dolls “slut” dolls.
What happened to the All-American doll I loved as a child? I have wonderful hand-made clothes my mother, grandmother, and neighbor made for Barbie and her friends. Our dolls had dates and fashion shows, not hook-ups.
Mattel should have said No.
I can just imagine a wonderful series of real life Sharia Oppression Birka Barbie and New Bride Birka Skipper photoshoots for Michelle to post here…I wonder if I can find one of my daughters old Barbies and a Skipper to do them, I know I can make the birkas easily enough. If someone beats me to it- great! I would love to see them here no matter who does it first!
rocketman: Thanks for the affirmation-down here we use the term “Arizona Approach”-same technique. But we TRY to settle it peacefully-we tell the jihadis the Peoples Soviet of Kalifornia has free goats
I fully expect Ken will come with a stick to beat her with should she dare to share her opinion.
This will be great for Muslim men, who can undress the Barbie infidel in the privacy of their own mosques.
I suppose the lack of genitals will confuse them though, when compared with their favorite goats….
I was in Paris the summer following 9/11 and the fashion magazines all had middle eastern garb featured. Also noticed the emergence of middle eastern fashions, accessories and home furnishings in the US.
How nice.
You know, I’m not 100% sure that’s Barbie under there.
I heard about this yesterday on the news and was utterly disgusted. So many women are fighting for the right to be free from being told what they must wear and along comes Barbie to thrust the knife deeper.
So, I suppose this Barbie doesn’t come with the usual accessories; no car (not allowed to drive), no home (not allowed to live alone), no school (not allowed to go).
Yes, this is what all girls should want for themselves someday (sarc).
I was not so fortunate as to be in Paris but I’ve noticed that white and black patterned and fringed wrapped scarf showing up.
What is the significance of that?
Anyone know?
Anyone notice the traffic on this blog has been light?
We really need to get some mileage out of this topic.
GOOD POINT! And that could be a marketing tool.
What’s under the burqua? Turn it into a lottery.
Burqa is the most correct spelling.
Actually, this brings up another interesting question. Should the Qur’an be allowed in this country as a teaching tool for children under the age of 18? Or does the hate taught therein amount to a form of child abuse?