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Default Take this Freedom Fries: Iran Renames Danish Pastries

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> By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
> Thu Feb 16, 2:23 PM ET
>
> TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for
> the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the
> Prophet Muhammad..."
>
> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_danish_pastries>
>
> -bwg
> Jihadi in the Cartoon Intifada

So, it's not o.k. to portray Muhammad with a bomb on his turban, but it
IS o.k. to have him endorse flaky pastry. Hmmmmm.

N.

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