Dunkin Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring Rachel Ray Wearing Muslim Scarf

May 28, 2008 · Filed Under Media, Muslims

After pressure from conservative bloggers like Michelle Malkin, Dunkin Donuts pulled its most recent television ad. The ad featured popular TV cooking star Rachel Ray wearing a traditional Arab scarf around her neck.

The scarf known as a “Keffiyeh” is the traditional head dress of Arab men. It can be worn around the neck or head. The images most associated with the Keffiyeh are of terrorists using them to cover their face.

You often see liberal Hollywood elites wearing them around their neck to show “solidarity” with the plight of the Palestinians or as another way to protest the war.

Michelle makes a good point on this issue:

Anti-American fashion designers abroad and at home have mainstreamed and adapted the scarves as generic pro-Palestinian jihad or anti-war statements. Yet many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel’s violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones…

While some may find this whole issue trivial, but it’s symptomatic of a certain trend to try and mainstream radical ideologies. Like when people where t-shirts with Che Guevara pictured on the front, or carry a Chairman Mao bag like Cameron Diaz.

Photos courtesy of The Huffington Post & Michelle Malkin