Saudi tolerance

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Riyadh Daily: MoC Bans "Star of David" Spoon

The ministry of commerce prohibited the circulation of a spoon bearing "Star of David" given as a gift by a certain company when a customer buys a certain product. To this effect, the ministry issued a warning to the company not to distributed these give-away to all its branches all over the Kingdom, Al-Eqtisadiah Arabic newspaper reported yesterday. According to the paper, the ministry did not object to the product itself because it is good and safe for human consumption.

The director of the ministry’s branch at Asir, Mohammad Abu Kharsha, told the paper that inspectors of commercial fraud in Asir withdrew children’s pistols also bearing "Star of David", the six-cornered star. Also withdrawn are types of sweets which has the same "Star of David" label. In the same development, the ministry’s inspectors in Jeddah confiscated a large number of laser disks and children’s toys all bearing "Star of David". The ministry is investigating the ways why these products had been brought into the Kingdom.

Wonderful people, terrified of another religion's symbol.