Anger on cartoons hits Danish butter sales

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Danish-Swedish dairy company

Arla Foods
(REMEMBER THIS NAME,DON’T BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS DANISH COMPANY)…

said it is losing about 1 million pounds ($1.8 million) of sales a day in the Middle East due to Muslim anger over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad(S A W) in a Danish newspaper.

Europe’s second-largest dairy producer said on Friday a boycott called last week against Danish cheese and butter had hit sales hard in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and throughout the region.

“We’re losing about 1 million pounds sterling per day in turnover,” said a spokesman for the group, which sells Lurpak butter, feta cheese and spreadable cheese in the region.

“”““The Middle East is Arla’s biggest market outside Europe””“”"(BOYCOTT DANISH PRODUCTS IN MIDEAST COMPLETELY…INFACT BAN THEM)

with annual revenue of around $500 million. Saudi Arabia accounts for 60 per cent of that.

Arla said its products had been taken off the shelves of shops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait and described the situation in Egypt and Lebanon as critical.

Algeria, Morocco and Oman were less affected, it added.

“The situation in Yemen is critical, the debate is raging in the media. There are demonstrations, and our distributors are keeping their staff at home,” the spokesman added.

Arla Foods UK(UK FOLKS BOYCOTT ARLA FOODS PLEASE)
, 51 per cent owned by the Swedish-Danish group, said on Friday it was unaffected by the boycott.

Diplomatic relations soured between Denmark and a number of Muslim countries after Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published cartoons of Mohammad, including one in which he appeared to carry a bomb in his turban.

The outrage spread across the Islamic world on Friday. Muslims condemned the cartoons as blasphemous, and more European newspapers published them, arguing for freedom of speech.

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Good! It's better to boycott the country's products rather than holding violent protests.

I hope other Muslims countries also join in.

*TeraY Takallum say bun gaya, sawaaL khushbu, jawaab Khushbu*
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Chicago food distributor SUSPENDS all Business with Denmark-based Arla Foods

Nemer Ziyad, February 3, 2006

Cicero, Il. Feb. 1, 2006 - Ziyad Brothers Importing, one of the largest distributors of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food products, announced today it SUSPENDED all business with Denmark-based Arla Foods.

Nemer Ziyad, vice president of Ziyad Brothers Importing, said the decision is in response to the insulting and offensive caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed published by Denmark's leading newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, and the growing controversy.

"I am furious with what the newspaper did. I am disappointed with the hesitation of the Government of Denmark to speak out against this. I support free speech, but I believe that we must speak out when free speech crosses the line and incites hatred, as the publication of these extremely offensive cartoons have done," Ziyad said.

"We have enjoyed a relationship with Arla Foods, acting as the exclusive distributor of three of its most popular products here in the United States. We are encouraged that this issue may be resolved, but until it is properly resolved, we must take this action"

Ziyad Brothers Importing is the exclusive American distributor for two of Arla's most popular products, Puck Cheese and Puck Cream, and Lurpak Butter. Ziyad said the three food items are very popular with customers. Ziyad said the decision to suspend the product line will have a significant impact on Ziyad Brothers Importing revenues, but added, "We will always stand by and support our community."

Ziyad said, "This isn't just about being Muslim or Arab. What Jyllands-Posten did crossed the line. It is wrong. I would do the same thing in any other similar circumstance involving any other religion. All people have a responsibility to speak out whenever an act of hateful incitement occurs and touches on the community."

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Good for them. :k:

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brave move!

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so what exactly did Arla foods do to offend muslims?

Mere Paas Paas (The Sequel)
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^No it is more to do with their countrymen ...who are as b***hy as you are....Blasphemous images/remarks over prophet of islam should be as punishable as anything can be...

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Conversely, every American should stop buying all textile goods from Pakistan. Since their countrymen are engaged in terrorism around the world.

hallo gee
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The middle east should turn of the oil taps to the Terrorist US/UK since the US and UK nations are biggest exporter of terrorism around the world from afghanistan to venezuela!

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In a similar vein, they should also stop buying the saudi oil, since 19 Hijackers flew planes into the twin towers.

Hm…i wonder why that cannot be done

:silly:(Typical american)—> We goona boycott dem terrorist towel-head sand-niqqers. But, i need gas to put in my monstrous gas guzzling SUV so i can go to walmart and buy chinese products.

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^
dope, a great deal of America's oil comes from Venezuela, a country whose leadership they have just compared to Hitler.

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this makes no sense. both the newspaper and arla foods are two totally separate (non-state) private parties. is living within the same national borders as the newspaper some kind of crime?

haha, please don’t cry.

and you people look like complete fools to the world when you “punish” all the wrong people and think it is some great feat.

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The newspaper had no business conducting a contest of sorts to test how many cartoonists didn't mind insulting a religious belief. This is not freedom of speech but outright slander.

The Danish govt has a responsibility to discipline the offending newspaper AND to protect the rights of those muslims that live in that country.

This is 'in your face' provocation and it is dumb to think they did not know and expect the kind of reaction from muslim countries.

Even as we push islamic populations to become pragmatic to living in the global village, we have to show some pragmatism too about our principles. Freedom of speech has become a code for 'anything goes' and that is as bad as islamist militancy and extremism.

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^very sensible post..

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Butter believe it.

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Haha dope nails it yet again. You go guy/girl!

Sincerely,
Captain Lota

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:rotfl: