Muslim Christmas Advert

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Apparently people are outraged by the Tesco Christmas advert featuring Muslim women exchanging gifts and it’s causing daily mail readers to implode.

It literally is 2 seconds of the advert and is women in hijabs handing over a Tesco’s bag - Tesco’s tag line is #everyonewelcome

I’m not a person of faith and I celebrate Christmas why is it seemingly unacceptable for others to celebrate it? AIBU to be annoyed at the outrage and think most of the people who are livid about it are probably hypocrites who won’t go to church on Christmas anyway?

Happy to believe they exist...like santa

I’m an atheist, and I’ve never met a single one who bashes Christians. Or Muslims. Or Jews or Hindus or Rastas...

They might say they aren’t too keen on Christianity as an ethos, or indeed Islam as an ethos, but that’s sort of the point about being an atheist. You don’t do religion. That doesn’t mean you don’t like religious people. I dont like golf either but I don’t go about berating golfers.

Criticising an ideology is fine.
Bashing people who hold that ideology isn’t. Because an ideology isn’t a person. A person is a person and atheists generally are about respect for people.

Tesco is a supermarket. Their remit is not to be a church or to promote any one religion. It’s to sell shitloads of food and consumer goods to the people of Britain. The good people of Britain come in all shapes and colours and creeds, so Tesco advertises to them all. They all want cake.

The only thing that offends me is some people's ignorance.
All the Muslims we know celebrate one way or another.

Absolutely shiela

The poll did say following the advert so not someone with long held beliefs like your friend

But yes...when it comes to the poll it didn't specify who was voting...like i said though it probably wasnt many people polled

I was shocked at the 56% though

I know paddington

I bet its still full though

Most people are all mouth and trousers!

Well

No trousers

No idea why anyone thinks Muslims would be offended by this.

NoSummer

No Guy Fawkes celebrations

I can't wait for the Tesco Ramadan advert featuring orthodox Jews .

Sashkin

So some people are going to boycott Tesco because of the advert?

I wonder how many other have thought -"Lovely ad" and it's improved their opinion of Tesco.

I suspect that most of those who complained are the same ones that complain that Muslims don't integrate

I've just watched the advert. I'm guessing the muslims are the two at the end that said they don't eat Turkey ? no problem at all with Muslims being in the advert but whats the point of two people saying they don't eat Turkey? especially also, that it wasn't followed up with any info about what they do eat at Xmas. I was expecting it to be followed up with, 'We love onion bhajis and mum's Xmas pudding', or something of that sort, but no, just nothing.

Tweet, I think that is a different ad.

People who say it's offensive to Muslims and that's why they are annoyed are the people who have an issue with the Muslims themselves. I do think perhaps it may be a case of the DM telling them is offensive. Not to mention the Sikh man? I'm pretty sure these uneducated people weren't able to tell the difference.

Personally, I found at Christmas I'd always be able to catch up with my old neighbours of all faiths due to time off of work which is what I took from the advert. To me Christmas about family and friends. Christmas as we see it in those adverts is a marketing concept which is what most people know about Christmas not religion.

To any muslims on here, do Muslims really not eat Turkey? i thought it was pork that was forbiddden.

Tweet I'm Muslim and I eat turkey all the time. Muslims can eat turkey. But, ironically, we cant eat one of Tesco's turkeys as they are not selling halal ones.

Turkey bacon is a thing in the UAE. Actually, not just the UAE, I’m pretty sure subway in the UK has it, too. It’s okay, just not bacony enough for me.

What’s upsetting people is not a Muslim family in a Christmas advert

There are literally thousands of posts online complaining about Muslims being in the advert

I'm a veggie and I find the tesco advert offensive and upsetting because its got a dead turkey on it

I thought turkey bacon was about it being lower fat/somehow healthier, not religion?

I taught English in the south of Turkey for 2 years and people still celebrated Christmas, just not everyone and it was far more low key than in the UK. Kind of like our Halloween vs Halloween in the US.

My American housemate and I decorated our apartment and all of our neighbours would stop us in the hall to wish us Merry Christmas. They all brought us little gifts of baklava and other sweet foods and we made them Christmas cookies. Because Christmas isn't a holiday there it is very low key - fortunately the years we lived there, Christmas Day fell on the weekend and our school were very generous and allowed us to have Christmas Eve/Boxing day off (which ever fell on a work day)

Stateless - I am taking Tesco's promise that "there's a turkey for everyone" means they will be doing halal turkey this year - am having significant trouble getting a promise from any muslim butcher so Tesco might be stepping in for me.

and yes of course, DM readers are natural frothers.

Oh ffs. Why would this offend anyone?

Someone once said me and my partner were “cheeky” for celebrating Christmas because his family are Hindu. Christmas isn’t owned by one group.