{"id":2184,"date":"2009-07-07T23:12:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T06:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2009-07-07T23:12:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T06:12:02","slug":"gods-big-blog-hindus-offended-by-burger-king-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/gods-big-blog-hindus-offended-by-burger-king-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Big Blog: Hindus Offended by Burger King Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Barbara Falconer Newhall<\/p>\n

Is that the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi? Seated on a meat sandwich on a bun? In a Burger King ad? In\u00a0Spain?<\/p>\n

Leaders of \u00a0the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) have wasted no time registering their dismay at an ad they say portrays the Goddess Lakshmi seated atop a meat sandwich below the words, “A snack that’s sacred,”\u00a0in Spanish.<\/p>\n

The HAF leaders are demanding that the international fast food chain discontinue the Spain advertising campaging, asserting that it portrays the Hindu Goddess in a disrespectful way.<\/p>\n

A Spanish Hindu, Monica Pahilwani said, “I was horrified to walk by a Burger King store in my neighborhood to discover an image of the same deity that I worship at my home altar, displayed so disrespectfully promoting a meat sandwich.”<\/p>\n

Philwani added that a multinational corporation should be more aware of religious sensibilities and should have known how repelling such an ad would be to Hindus.<\/p>\n

“Hindu depictions of divinity in the form of Gods and Goddesses are sacred to Hindus,” an HAF press release states. “And the use or consumption of meat in a religious context is generally proscribed. In fact, Hinduism has the highest proportion of vegetarians among the major religious traditions.”<\/p>\n

The Hindu American Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting the Hindu and American ideals of understanding, tolerance and pluralism.<\/p>\n

Follow HAF on Twitter – http:\/\/twitter.com\/HinduAmerican<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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