A Malaysian television advert for the Muslim holiday of Eid has been scrapped after viewers said it resembled a promotion for Christmas ..... and that's such a sin that rather than celebrate the similarities they cancel the advert.
The advert showed an elderly man taking children aboard his flying carriage and travelling across a star-filled sky. Critics said it was too akin to the tale of Santa Claus and his sleigh. The clip provoked considerable criticism, much of it from Internet and blogging sites, which deemed it insensitive and in poor taste.
It also depicted lotuses, which some complained have links to Buddhism and Hinduism.
Says a lot about 'tolerance' without meaning to ...
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