Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Great Britain - The cute little puppy of the blasphemy. Muslims outraged by a pub of the police, by Marie-Êve Marineau
A postcard with a nice puppy sitting in a hat police to give publicity to the new phone number of force Scottish aroused the indignation of Muslims.
The new telephone number of Tayside Police for non-emergency calls has sparked complaints from members of the Islamic community.
The choice of image on the maps of the Tayside police - a black dog sitting in the hat of a police officer - was raised with the Chief Constable John Vine.
The announcement has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually impure. It has sparked anger as some traders Dundee refused to display the ad.
The adviser to Dundee, Asif Mohammed said: "My concern is that this is not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards".
"It was probably a waste of resources allocated to these communities."
"The police should have included. Since then, the police said it was an oversight on their part, and if they had known that the offenserait, they would not have done."
Councillor Asif, who is a member of the Tayside Joint Police Board, said that the force had a diversity consultant and is generally very aware of these issues.
He raised the issue with Mr Vine at a board meeting. The police chief said he was not aware of the concerns and that the force did not attempt to provoke or upset anyone but said he would look into the matter.
Councillor Asif said: "People who have stores will not display the postcard. But police said it was simply an oversight and they did not seek to offend."
The maps showing the Rebel police dog training have been distributed to communities in the entire region to announce the number of single point of contact for non-emergency calls to police.
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