Football Song Offends Muslims

[Peter Parka]

German football song irks Muslims


FC Schalke 04 are contenders for the Bundesliga title

An anthem sung by fans of the German football club FC Schalke 04 has drawn protests from Muslims because of its reference to the Prophet Muhammad.
The Gelsenkirchen club, which plays in Germany's top league, the Bundesliga, has asked an Islam expert to consider whether the song might be insulting.
The third verse contains the words: "Muhammad was a prophet who understood nothing about football".
"But of all the lovely colours he chose [Schalke's] blue and white," it goes.
The club has received hundreds of e-mails from angry Muslims recently, since Turkish media carried reports about the song.
Police in Gelsenkirchen, in the industrial Ruhr region of western Germany, say they are taking the Muslim complaints very seriously.
The head of Germany's Central Council of Muslims, Aiman Mazyek, said his council would not call for a ban on the anthem, but would like "an explanation of its background".
The song is called "Blue and White, how I love you" and in German the lyrics about Muhammad read: Mohammed war ein Prophet, der vom Fussballspielen nichts versteht. Doch aus all der schoenen Farbenpracht hat er sich das Blau und Weisse ausgedacht.
The German news website Deutsche Welle says the song was written in 1924 and it is not clear when the Muhammad reference made its way in.

BBC


Jesus, whats so offensive about that? Its true unless I've missed the bit in the Koran where inbetween shagging children, Mohamed pops along to Old Trafford to watch Man Utd.

 

[Codrus]

FTME...
YouTube - S.O.D. - Fuck The Middle East

 

[canidae]

We placate them and they want us all dead - at least the radical ones do.

So I feel thusly - :gives:

I'm offended that they are offended :willy_nilly:

 

[Springsteen]

Most of the songs we sing imply that Scousers and dirty benefit fiddling hubcap stealing cunts. They also implky that people from Leeds are sheep shaggers. While this may or may not be true, the people from those areas reply in kind. The muslims should do exactly the same.

 

[Peter Parka]

Most of the songs we sing imply that Scousers and dirty benefit fiddling hubcap stealing cunts. They also implky that people from Leeds are sheep shaggers. While this may or may not be true, the people from those areas reply in kind. The muslims should do exactly the same.

*Has mental image of several thousand beardy British Muslims singing "Two world wars and one world cup!" back at the Germans. :24::24::24:

 

[All Else Failed]

idk, muslims have to deal with it I guess

 

[Burntblood]

I'm more offended by the radical Muslims decapitating eveyone. So rude....

 

[skyblue]

Most of the songs we sing imply that Scousers and dirty benefit fiddling hubcap stealing cunts. They also implky that people from Leeds are sheep shaggers. While this may or may not be true, the people from those areas reply in kind. The muslims should do exactly the same.

idk, muslims have to deal with it I guess

they do....they blow us up

 

[Peter Parka]

I like this bit best

The Gelsenkirchen club, which plays in Germany's top league, the Bundesliga, has asked an Islam expert to consider whether the song might be insulting.

So apparently they haven't decided whether it is officially offensive or not yet. Surely something which you find offensive hits you in the face like a 10 ton brick and dosen't really need to be considered? :dunno

 

[skyblue]

well i'm offended about west ham fans singing about blowing michael jacksons chimp so i think i'll complain to the authorities

 

[Minor Axis]

The team is lucky they don't have a death sentence put on their heads because muslims are not known for their religious sense of humor. However based on what I read in the first post, this is a tongue'n cheek verse- This prophet knows nothing about football, but he still picked our lovely colors. BFD. There are some real ass holes in this world. :smiley24:

 

[thatguyjeff]

If there's anyone from Germany here, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Germany has different speech laws, especially from the US. They have a sort of history when it comes to religious hatred. And they don't want to fall into that again. Some might call it overcompensating, but whenever there's even a hint of religious persecution in that country, it gets noticed. And they have some really strict laws against pretty much anything that could be construed as such.

 

[skyblue]

If there's anyone from Germany here, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Germany has different speech laws, especially from the US. They have a sort of history when it comes to religious hatred. And they don't want to fall into that again. Some might call it overcompensating, but whenever there's even a hint of religious persecution in that country, it gets noticed. And they have some really strict laws against pretty much anything that could be construed as such.

could be right.....but then its no secret that the average german has a disliking for the turks

 

[Godsloveapples]

I don't really see that as a big deal. They're not insulting the Prophet or anything, so whatever. That anthem is really stupid. What is the point? Are they trying to make Muslims upset or do they just want to draw attention to themselves or what?
It's that kind of idiotic behavior that causes hate between people.

FTME...
YouTube - S.O.D. - Fuck The Middle East

Okay about that video you posted, whoever made it is an asshole. First, bombing a country will not solve anything. I got really hurt when I saw that video. My family lives in iraq in the middle east, they're very kind and they aren't extremets or anything. They and most of the people living there are just innocent people. It's the terrorists and extremists that we should be ridden off, not the innocent.