And how anyone in the world could be offended by a cartoon mouse is beyond me. It’s not like Mickey is pretending to be Allah or something? I love the Israeli mouse with an M-4 though. That should be a show on Robot Chicken or something. LOL –Head Jundi
Sheikh Muhammad Munajid warned that depictions of the creature in cartoons such as Disney’s Mickey Mouse, had taught children that it was in fact loveable.
Mickey Mouse must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric
Mickey Mouse is a corrupting influence and must die, a Muslim cleric has declared.
By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent
Last Updated: 4:04PM BST 15 Sep 2008
Sheikh Muhammad Munajid claimed the mouse is “one of Satan’s soldiers” and makes everything it touches impure.
But he warned that depictions of the creature in cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, and Disney’s Mickey Mouse, had taught children that it was in fact loveable.
The cleric, a former diplomat at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC, said that under Sharia, both household mice and their cartoon counterparts must be killed.
Mr Munajid was asked to give Islam’s teaching on mice during a religious affairs programme broadcast on al-Majd TV, an Arab television network.