Coca-Cola celebrates Ramadan
Company observes Muslim holiday with star, crescent design on cans
Coca-Cola plans to celebrate Ramadan this year by decorating cans with a crescent moon and star – a widely recognized Islamic symbol.
The moon and star can be found on at least 11 flags of Muslim countries, and now it will be featured on packaging in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia and other Islamic countries during the Sept. 1-30 Muslim holiday, blogger Bob McCartney reported.
Coca-Cola has hired a company named ATTIK to handle packaging, Brand Republic reports. Its Christmas cans are usually decorated with secular-themed images of Santa Claus, but McCartney asked the company whether it planned to introduce Christian symbols as well.
“When I learned the symbol of the Islamic faith will appear on Coca-Cola packaging during Ramadan 2008, I found myself wondering whether or not the Atlanta-based soft drink maker will soon include the Christian cross and Jewish star of David in future holiday packaging designs targeting people of those faiths,” he wrote.
In 2006, Coca-Cola released a statement about its recognition of Ramadan.
“In a globalizing world, Ramadan presents an opportunity to showcase the true values of Islam and what it stands for,” it said. “Because no other brand is as inclusive as and no other company is as diverse as Coca-Cola, we have a unique opportunity to play a valued role as an international bridge-builder and facilitator of dialogue during Ramadan.”
The company’s statement also revealed its policy of supporting Muslim employees in their faith.
“In addition to the focus on Ramadan and Eid, the Coca-Cola system has also implemented policies and programs to meet the needs of Muslim employees, such as providing halal food in cafeterias and organizing special prayer rooms at company facilities,” it said. “Several bottlers have also funded employee pilgrimage initiatives.”
Coca-Cola has not responded to WND’s request for comment.
20 August, 2008 at 10:28 am
I think we’ve already seen the “true values” of islam and what it “stands for”
without any help from Coca Cola.
20 August, 2008 at 10:32 am
WTF? I thought the muzzies didnt drink coke… I heard the downed ‘mecca cola’…
oh well…
I suppose if coke decides to cater to the moslems they should include all other religions & thier holidays.
Including the wiccans & thier pentgram or pentacle….
20 August, 2008 at 11:29 am
Hi,
@kaafir
Do you mean with “muzzies” moslems? if yes, since when is coke a forbidden drink?
there isn’t any alcofohl inside ^^
20 August, 2008 at 11:57 am
adyok, perhaps since “Ayatollah Sheikh Qasim Attayi” issued a fatwa against
Coke & Pepsi, claiming that both contain pepsin from pork stomachs. This is
what legalism does … binds its followers & keeps them in ignorance, and
results in murders for the most trivial of things … playing music, shaving
beards, not wearing tent-like veils (etc etc).
* Iraqi cleric bans Pepsi, Coca Cola
presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=48769§ionid=351020201
[The fatwa was issued after a study allegedly confirmed that a key element in
Pepsi and Coca Cola is an extract of pig intestines, which is forbidden in Islam.]
20 August, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Hi,
well, i am Sunnite, and so does not belong to the group Shiism but Ayatollah does.
There is a great difference between both groups as you probably know – even in their belief
Hi,
I am Ronin and this is your one and only warning. You place one more URL that goes no where and you are banned. You can comment without the stupid tricks or you can leave. Pick one.
20 August, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Hi,
before you ban me: which url do you mean? I didn’t post any url in my comments or do you mean the website (which is optional)?
20 August, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Hi,
sry for the double post but I guess I know what you mean name
The nicknames are linked with the given url and I thought “http://-” means no website. sorry!
won’t happen again – i will leave the field blank
20 August, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Thank you, adyok,
I think you will find Doc and I are fair about most issues but we routinely get URL’s leading to all sorts of inappropriate sites. Those get banned immediately, I did not recognize your sign on so I gave you the benefit of the doubt.
Cheers,
Ronin
20 August, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Coke has no shame. They will put the sign of any false god on their can, as long as it is not the true truth of the cross.
20 August, 2008 at 10:29 pm
adyok, it doesn’t matter if you are Sunnite or Shiite; the destination (hell) is the
same, unless you change your mind about Jesus Christ. There are no alternate
routes to heaven.
21 August, 2008 at 8:58 am
adyok
According to published reports SOME Moslems were using thier ‘economic jihad’ to lower Coke profits. Thereby not drinking it or buying stocks in that company.
If I recall correctly it is the LDS organization that refrains from drinking coke.
21 August, 2008 at 10:16 am
I think you’re right about the LDS & Coke, Kaafir, due to caffeine content.
I am indulging in a kaffir kuppa koffee right now.