Coca-Cola Celebrates Islamic Ramadan Ad Campaign

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Coca-Cola Celebrates Islamic Jihad With Ramadan Ad Campaign

NTEB News Desk | July 1, 2014


Have a Coke and a bomb blast!

Coca-Cola has jumped on the let’s-bring-sharia-law-to-America bandwagon with it’s latest commercial celebrating the Islamic month of Ramadan. Here is the official commercial from their YouTube page:
What Coca-Cola doesn’t mention in their new ad is that in Muslim tradition, the month of Ramadan is also the time where Allah grants military victories to his followers through jihad.


A special Ramadan communique issued by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, stated: “The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in the month of victory and strength, the blessed month of Ramadan, conveys its finest blessings of Jihad to the Arab and Islamic nation in general and to the Palestinian people standing at the [battle] front in particular. In addition, on the occasion of the blessed month, they send their blessings to all fighters of the Palestinian people, headed by the fighters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
“We call upon you to intensify your Jihad attacks against the enemy wherever it may be throughout the beloved homeland… Oh, our people… swear to continue to be loyal always to the blood of the martyrs, to bear a blessing in this tremendous month of Ramadan, the month of victories. Our martyrdom operations and operations of quality will continue.”
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Now, if you are honest, when you watched that commercial weren’t you waiting for someone to run into frame screaming “allahu ackbar!” and blow that happy family gathering to pieces? Because that is the true face of Islam, if you’re honest.

Clicking on the BLUE 1 MINUTE WILL SHOW YOU THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEWS ....
What do you think ? Don't answer unless you watch the 1 MINUTE VIDEO COCA COLA COMMERCIAL

 
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oh no, a father and son share a coming of age moment over some bottles of coke and they happen to be muslim. You know j-kay you're chicken little news site is just starting to churn out pure trash. how dare coke, an international company ever present anything over than white anglo-saxon protestant commercials?

this is garbage and should be removed.
 
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Nautilus said:
oh no, a father and son share a coming of age moment over some bottles of coke and they happen to be muslim. You know j-kay you're chicken little news site is just starting to churn out pure trash. how dare coke, an international company ever present anything over than white anglo-saxon protestant commercials?

this is garbage and should be removed.
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I watched the video twice..... I did not see what was asked.
I asked for other opinions. I think the News Site believes
Coca Cola is wrong in supporting what could very well be
for legit reason. It is all about how the viewer perceives it.
If you want you can report me.
I must be dense, but are you muslim ? Is this why you are
offended ?
 
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ms. j kay, with all due respect to my elder sister in Christ, please stop buying into all these nit-picking conspiracy theories. not everything is a end-times sign. secular people just do stuff. so please chill with some of these things. God is still on his throne and he is still in control.
 
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ms. j kay, with all due respect to my elder sister in Christ, please stop buying into all these nit-picking conspiracy theories. not everything is a end-times sign. secular people just do stuff. so please chill with some of these things. God is still on his throne and he is still in control.
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The CHRISTIAN NEWS FORUM .... is it not for news ? Maybe I
posted the Coca Cola video on wrong category. Do you think ?

Yes God is still on the Throne. He is watching every thing we
say and do. He would not have His people ignorant of events
that just might help someone who needs it.

I brought this asking 'what do you think?' category. I am getting
response, and that is a good thing, is it not ?
Thank you for your response. I take it you didn't agree it was
all that bad. I would not stop drinking Coke if I drank soft drinks,
but I don't. Interesting video and no I did not think it was bad
as the News person thought.

 
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Muslims around the world anticipate the arrival of the holiest month of the year. During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims from all continents unite in a period of fasting and spiritual reflection.
[h=3]Ramadan Basics[/h]

Andrea Pistolesi/Photolibrary/Getty Images
Each year, Muslims spend the ninth month of the Islamic calendar observing a community-wide fast. The annual fast of Ramadan is considered one of the five "pillars" of Islam. Muslims who are physically able are required to fast each day of the entire month, from sunrise to sunset. The evenings are spent enjoying family and community meals, engaging in prayer and spiritual reflection, and reading from the Quran.
 
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lol i thought ramadan was for fasting...not drinking liquid calories...
 
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It is good news for all Muslims to celebrate the Ramadan in ad campaign. All communities should must support it.
 
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is coca-cola even halal given all the weird stuff that goes into soft drinks nowdays?
 
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Coco Cola has as much to do with the Ramadan as with Christmas,
it's just an ad, ads sell stuff...

 
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I think this story overplayed the impact of the commercial, but I think there is a certain "reading of the tea leafs" we can see through this ad.

Culture seems to go out of their way to make Islam palatable despite current major negatives from Islam. Culture seems to go out of their way to make Christians look bad even though our negatives involve small fringes like Westboro Baptist.

Ramadan is a distinctly Islamic holiday. It doesn't have the secular crossover of Christmas. So you can't point to Coca Cola Christmas ads and say, "Well they have Christmas ads too, so they do things for Christians."

This commercial fits into the overall cultural tolerance of Islam, and to a lesser degree to the over looking of major negative actions from followers of Islam. I wonder if culture would have the same acceptance if Coca-Cola made a distinctly Christian ad.

What reaction would culture have if an ad was centered on Christians having a Coke while protesting at an abortion clinic? Or an ad about having a Coke after a baby baptism?

Islam IS being portrayed as this sort of obscure, minority, quaint religion,composed of people with odd dress and food customs whom should be embraced. While Christianity is portrayed as the gay haters everyone should despise. The overtones of this ad fits into that cultural framework.
 
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to be fair the commercial probably isnt even planned to be aired in the US. They probably made it for islamic markets, which is just smart business practice.
 
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J-Kay-2 said:
The CHRISTIAN NEWS FORUM .... is it not for news ? Maybe I
posted the Coca Cola video on wrong category. Do you think ?

Yes God is still on the Throne. He is watching every thing we
say and do. He would not have His people ignorant of events
that just might help someone who needs it.

I brought this asking 'what do you think?' category. I am getting
response, and that is a good thing, is it not ?
Thank you for your response. I take it you didn't agree it was
all that bad. I would not stop drinking Coke if I drank soft drinks,
but I don't. Interesting video and no I did not think it was bad
as the News person thought.

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Post this stuff in the Conspiracy threads
 
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ThomistColin said:
Post this stuff in the Conspiracy threads
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Oh, Thomist, it just doesn't seem to fit that category. I have been
there and I know what gets posted there. I think ...yeah.....I think
God would say "My people perish for lack of knowledge." ( News )
 
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1still_waters said:
I think this story overplayed the impact of the commercial, but I think there is a certain "reading of the tea leafs" we can see through this ad.

Culture seems to go out of their way to make Islam palatable despite current major negatives from Islam. Culture seems to go out of their way to make Christians look bad even though our negatives involve small fringes like Westboro Baptist.

Ramadan is a distinctly Islamic holiday. It doesn't have the secular crossover of Christmas. So you can't point to Coca Cola Christmas ads and say, "Well they have Christmas ads too, so they do things for Christians."

This commercial fits into the overall cultural tolerance of Islam, and to a lesser degree to the over looking of major negative actions from followers of Islam. I wonder if culture would have the same acceptance if Coca-Cola made a distinctly Christian ad.

What reaction would culture have if an ad was centered on Christians having a Coke while protesting at an abortion clinic? Or an ad about having a Coke after a baby baptism?

Islam IS being portrayed as this sort of obscure, minority, quaint religion,composed of people with odd dress and food customs whom should be embraced. While Christianity is portrayed as the gay haters everyone should despise. The overtones of this ad fits into that cultural framework.
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Actually 'CUltures' display of islam is equivalent to the lifestyles and attitudes of muslims I meet in everyday life. None of them are bomb-wielding fundamentalists trying to force islam on people. Maybe we shouldnt take all of our opinions from news stories of radicals.

And after seeing some of the posters here, I can understand why people may think WBC is more representative than it actually is.
 
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J-Kay-2 said:
Oh, Thomist, it just doesn't seem to fit that category. I have been
there and I know what gets posted there. I think ...yeah.....I think
God would say "My people perish for lack of knowledge." ( News )
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I honestly doubt God is very concerned with the advertising practices of Coca-Cola or our knowledge of it.
 
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Nautilus said:
I honestly doubt God is very concerned with the advertising practices of Coca-Cola or our knowledge of it.
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I am a lady... so I won't win the battle of the wits here. But you do
know I am not referring to the Coke ad. The lack of knowledge regarding
the Ramadan and the reference it represents Coke as its sponsor.

 
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J-Kay-2 said:
I am a lady... so I won't win the battle of the wits here. But you do
know I am not referring to the Coke ad. The lack of knowledge regarding
the Ramadan and the reference it represents Coke as its sponsor.
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Who takes the Coca Cola Company seriously anyway?
Their idea of Christmas is a truck convoy bearing Coke rolling in.
 
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