Malaysia paper apologizes over Jesus photo

[WTF cubed]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20408049/

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A newspaper catering to Malaysia’s ethnic Indians published a front-page apology Thursday for printing an image of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi criticized the action as hurtful and an insult to Christians, and called on people not to play with religion, the national news agency Bernama reported.

“If the Christians get to know about it, it will create problems,” Abdullah was quoted as saying. “I remind them again to stop doing this.”

There's more at the above link...

WWJS?

[valerief]

1. Wow, I didn't know he smoked. nt

[Redstone]

2. WWJS (What Would Jesus Smoke)? I'm guessing Marlboros in the crushproof box.

He could roll a pack up in a corner of his robe and not have to worry about smashing them.

Redstone

[angrycarpenter]

3. HOLY SMOKE !

sorry, it had to be said

[mike_c]

4. smokin' jeebus....

on edit--

[SoCalDem]

5. WWJS?? It's obvious

CAMEL

Joe Camel?.. Jesus' daddy Joseph?.. accidental?

I think NOT!

[MADem]

6. Darn--no fatwah for riotous murder? No fist shaking and cries of "unforgivable insult?"

A book, or a can? A can of beer maybe??? There are a few Smoking Jee's on the web, I notice!!!



I'm guessing it was this one:




He said the artist downloaded an image of Jesus from the Internet for use along with a quote from the Bible on the paper’s front page Tuesday. But the artist overlooked the fact that the image had been, with a cigarette in one hand and another object — a can or a book — in the other, he said.

Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Murphy Pakiam, who earlier criticized the image as a “desecration,” accepted the newspaper’s apology. In an e-mail to Periasamy, the archbishop’s office said Pakiam now “considers the matter closed.”