Egyptian Sheikh Declares Chevrolet "Haram"

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

An Egyptian sheikh has declared Chevrolet products “haram” (or forbidden, in Arabic) but the culprit this time isn’t the “Zionists”. It’s Christians.

According to the sheikh, the Chevrolet bowtie logo looks too similar to a cross. Egyptian TV presenter Amr Adeeb railed against the silly fatwa, noting the extreme, delusional narcissism of the sheikh by rhetoricallly asking

“As if the people who came up with the logo were thinking that we want to put this special logo on the car just to piss us [Muslims] off?”

Is it any surprise that the same religious authorities who condone flying jetliners into buildings think like petulant, narcissistic children? Apparently, the Chevrolet Cruze is a pretty bitchin’ car in the Gaza strip, and Saudi Arabia has gotten small-block Chevrolet Caprices (aka Holden Commodores) for years. If there are any Arabic speakers above familiar with the Egyptian dialect, feel free to translate Adeeb’s rant against the fatwa.

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  • Wallstreet Wallstreet on Jan 30, 2012

    I bet they hate Swiss flag or anything of Swiss nature.

  • Jnik Jnik on Jan 31, 2012

    What's really shocking is that someone in the Muslim world is actually pushing back against this idiocy. Here's to more free thinking in the Muslim world.

  • Conslaw Conslaw on Jan 31, 2012

    I don't care what this guy says, my Chevrolet is rugged. I will cling to my old rugged cross, and exchange it one day for a (Toyota) Crown.

  • Grzydj Grzydj on Jan 31, 2012

    The cross Jesus and other people were hanged on didn't have a top piece like you see on the traditional cross. Real crosses that people were hanged on looked more like this: T

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