Thread: Saudi flag removed from pubs' World Cup bunting

A brewery is removing the Saudi Arabia flag from World Cup bunting from hundreds of its pubs after complaints it was inappropriate to display it where alcohol is sold.

The Saudi flag carries the Shahadah - the Muslim profession of faith.

Greene King said "feedback" from "some customers in London" alerted them it was "inappropriate" to keep the flag among those from all competing nations.

It added the removal "was not a comment on any nation".



Bury St Edmunds-based Greene King owns 3,000 pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK and about 1,800 of them are managed houses and hundreds of them have put up the bunting.

Reports say staff are now having to cut out all the individual Saudi Arabia flags from the bunting in each pub.

A translation of the Shahadah is "there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger".



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-44356232


It is not up to the rest of the world to tiptoe round Islam.

If they are sensitive about their religion then they should use an alternative flag for representing their nation at international events.

Originally Posted by Looper

It is not up to the rest of the world to tiptoe round Islam.

If they are sensitive about their religion then they should use an alternative flag for representing their nation at international events.

Why should they?

They simply asked not to have their flag and religious symbol draped in some gaudy display of tat at some shit pub chain who, let's remember, couldn't give a flying fuck about the world cup and are only interested in luring in gullible knuckle draggers to guzzle as much horrible mass produced piss as can be sold to them, while singing sarcastic songs about the Germans, who will advance to the final long after England have caught the first available flight home.

I can't really see why anyone but the mussies gives a flying fuck.

Get a fucking life lad.

...^555...

Saudi asked, pub owners obliged....what the problem is

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Greene King should have held their ground and said that people of all faiths are welcome to Green King hospitality and welcome to consume whatever they wish in their establishments.

Greene King should have done their fucking homework.

Or maybe they did, because it got their name in the papers.

and how will they dispose of all the bits of paper ?

need photos of all the flags stuffed in a bin

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Why should they?

They simply asked not to have their flag and religious symbol draped in some gaudy display of tat at some shit pub chain who, let's remember, couldn't give a flying fuck about the world cup and are only interested in luring in gullible knuckle draggers to guzzle as much horrible mass produced piss as can be sold to them, while singing sarcastic songs about the Germans, who will advance to the final long after England have caught the first available flight home.

You went off on a bit of a tangent there, you mussie apologising sandpit dwelling pisshead.

They as you call them were referred to in the OP as just.......

Originally Posted by Looper

"some customers in London"

Good old Broken Britain

Originally Posted by uncle junior

Saudi asked,

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Greene King should have done their fucking homework.

Here's the bit you both missed.......

Originally Posted by Looper

Greene King said "feedback" from "some customers in London" alerted them it was "inappropriate" to keep the flag among those from all competing nations.

...the Arab News, a local paper available in Saudi, occasionally reminds its readers that because the shehadah appears (or used to) prominently in the publication, old editions should be handled with respect and burned in a holy location only...never saw that happen...

Be great to wipe your arse on one of those papers and leave it in a public toilet. Thatd teach the fucking animals who stand on the toilet seats and drench the cubicle

Originally Posted by baldrick

and how will they dispose of all the bits of paper ?

need photos of all the flags stuffed in a bin

That should get a few pubs burnt down.

I've had the odd pint of Greene King. Not the best but not the worst beer I've had.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

I've had the odd pint of Greene King

...green, of course, is the Saudi-chosen color of Islam...

Ever had a good examination of the Saudi national side?

None are native Saudis. Duel citizenship is purchased, whored-out, and allowed.
'Tis wonder why they qualify for the WC every go round.

So much for tradition.

^ Saudi has a long tradition of having expats do the heavy lifting.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Ever had a good examination of the Saudi national side?

None are native Saudis. Duel citizenship is purchased, whored-out, and allowed.
'Tis wonder why they qualify for the WC every go round.

So much for tradition.

Oh dear Jeff, off spouting nonsense again are you?

They have a handful of players that they've "bought", and I'm not even sure any of them are included.

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al Owais (Al Ahli), Yasser Al Mosailem (Al Ahli), Abdullah Al Mayouf (Al Hilal).
Defenders: Mansoor Al Harbi (Al Ahli), Yasser Al Shahrani (Al Hilal) Mohammed Al Breik (Al Hilal), Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli), Osama Hawsawi (Al Hilal), Omar Hawsawi (Al Nassr), Ali Al Bulaihi (Al Hilal).
Midfielders: Abdullah Al Khaibari (Al Shabab), Abdulmalek Al Khaibri (Al Hilal), Abdullah Otayf (Al Hilal), Taiseer Al Jassim (Al Ahli), Houssain Al Mogahwi (Al Ahli), Salman Al Faraj, Mohamed Kanno (both Al Hilal), Hattan Bahebri (Al Shabab), Salem Al Dawsari (Al Hilal), Yahya Al Shehri (Al Nassr), Fahad Al Muwallad (Al Ittihad).
Forwards: Mohammad Al Sahlawi (Al Nassr), Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli).

They reason they qualify is that they only have to be better than the likes of Bahrain, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan and Yemen, and FIFA guarantees a hatful of places for an area that really only deserves one.

You've been dumbed down enough Jeff.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

FIFA guarantees a hatful of places for an area that really only deserves one.

Yup...a legacy of the Blatter days.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Yup...a legacy of the Blatter days.

The good thing is that Saudi will probably get a fucking pasting or two.

I remember Korea/Japan where some fat Saudi c--- was there in his shorts and t-shirt and his wife in the full penguin outfit. Because he was about the only one there, the cameras were on him a lot, and he was grinning away and acting it up.

So when it was Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia, he had a face like a smacked arse and I swear you could see her pissing herself with laughter undercover.

The backward religion strikes again! And Harry the Half Pint is there to sell himself again

Mannheim-based brewery Eichbaum has put all 32 World Cup nations on the bottles, including Saudi Arabia, whose predominantly Muslim population do not drink alcohol.
Outraged Muslims took to social media to slam the bottles as "disrespectful and offensive".
Critics were particularly angered that the Islamic statement of faith – which is written on the flag – had been printed on the alcoholic drink.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/wor...eer-flag-Islam

Not all muslims are backwards and live in apartheid/women states. But 2/3 are .....or even more?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The good thing is that Saudi will probably get a fucking pasting or two.

Indeed. Didn't Peru or someone stick three past them without reply?

Could be a cricket score against Germany tonight.

Wouldn't be a shock if the PC brigade insist it's racist if a white country wins the world cup

After all you gotta be careful not to offend the immigrants by flying the St George's flag or barbecuing sausages within 10 miles of a mosque

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Wouldn't be a shock if the PC brigade insist it's racist if a white country wins the world cup

After all you gotta be careful not to offend the immigrants by flying the St George's flag or barbecuing sausages within 10 miles of a mosque

Would it be really?

Have you really?

Care to point out a case of either situation beyond Daily Mail sensationalism?

I thoroughly oppose the Saudi Islamic flag flying anywhere in the U.K , but now the Saudis have asked for their flag to be removed from pubs , I want them to put it back

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

The backward religion strikes again! And Harry the Half Pint is there to sell himself again

Mannheim-based brewery Eichbaum has put all 32 World Cup nations on the bottles, including Saudi Arabia, whose predominantly Muslim population do not drink alcohol.
Outraged Muslims took to social media to slam the bottles as "disrespectful and offensive".
Critics were particularly angered that the Islamic statement of faith – which is written on the flag – had been printed on the alcoholic drink.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/wor...eer-flag-Islam

Not all muslims are backwards and live in apartheid/women states. But 2/3 are .....or even more?

Here we go, the spokesman for the master race has arrived.