Not sure if you have seen the Top Gear Boxing Day special in which the trio attempt to get from Iraq to Bethlehem across middle east, but there was a very funny scene in which the presenters use burkha – an outfit that Muslim women have to wear in some countries – as disguise to travel into Damascus without being spotted. That apparently has caused trouble!
According to the reports Muslims are offended by the burkha scene and believe the guys were mocking their religion. Some hardliners are even speaking of protests against it. We think that’s just ridiculous. It was just three men in burkha, what’s the big deal. If Muslims wear kilts on television nobody will object!
You see if Top Gear offends someone in UK they just write to the Daily Mail about it and that’s it, but Muslims are a bit less friendly in such cases! We can’t wait to hear Jeremy’s comments on this.
All the controversy aside, they looked hilarious in burkha, specially James May with those aviator goggles!
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well it was a bit hurrtful its our religon we respect your religon why dont u… and what if our men on tv did same wearing nuns cloth or the pop cloth and made fun or something or made fun on your country and stuff wont u get mad?
iam a fan of top gear i love it! so as all arabs for you information Top Gear rules just dont offend us u have ur religon and so we do we respect it so plz respect ours…
Thank you Jo, for being sensible and looking for a source, and just generally applying some common sense. It’s a shame about the ignorance of some.
And David, many more people make a career out of pretending that Muslims are offended.
Some Muslims make a carreer out of being offended.
I had a quick look around, and it appears this article has no reliable source (and thus, simply made up based on an expectation rather than a realisation).
If some were offended, I find it just as equally retarded when others are offended by their being offended. Labelling an entire community based on a dodgy report from an unreliable source (which in itself simply referred to “reports”, without confirming the source, talk about purposeful deceit) is the height of ignorance, once reserved for red necks, or isolated villagers, now making its way into our society under the guise of patriotism, england for the english, or more honestly, pure and simple racism.
Our society functions better as a multi-cultural one, take America for example, or even Dubai, a Muslim country that embrassed forigners so selflessly (the natives make up only 20% of the population), and you can instantly see the merits of a multi-cultural society. Articles like these are nonsense designed to propogate the fear and hatred of an already poorly accepted and integrated minority.
How about something positive about the UK’s minorities for a change?
Cheers
Jo
I can not believe how delusional all of you are. I am a muslim, and let me say I am not offended by Jeremy and his crew’s antics at all. They are basically just cross dressing and I found that hilarious rather than offensive. I actually am a huge fan of Top Gear, and from the Middle East special you could see all Arabs are as well. Secondly, only SAUDI ARABIA/IRAN employs the Burka. NO OTHER MUSLIM country nor the religion of Islam asks women to cover up. Its a stereotype fitted onto muslims from the media, and you ignorant people don’t bother to do your research. Stop hating an entire community of people – 2 BILLION muslims currently, without doing due diligence. Its people like you who create more hate and fuel the fire. Islam preaches peace, and does not condone killing anyone. Another stereotype fueled by western media. Grow up, and learn to let go of your stereotypes. If everytime an idiot extremist says something, stop plastering it to an entire group of people. George Bush is a complete embarassment with the intelligence of a monkey. Does that make all American’s same?
By the way motorward, I find your line “muslims are a bit less friendly” 10 million times more offensive than anything Top Gear has ever done. It should be corrected and should say 1 or maybe 2 idiots who made a statement and made it on the news.
Eff them, they are the scourge of society and if Europe isn’t careful, radical Muslims (and their less radical passive supporters) will be the downfall of Europe.
This is why I cannot stand Muslims, if they were wearing Kilts, Jewish head garb, Indian turbans, would anyone be offended? I think not, they view themselves as untouchable and off limits, too bad. I guess they will try to kill the producers or actors of this show as well. This is another reason of so much animosity and hatred towards muslims-