Der Spiegel: Muslims Angered by Verse in German Soccer Club Song

[Heidi]

Geez, since no one knows why the offending line is in the song in the first place, just replace it with something else.
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08/04/2009

'MUHAMMAD KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL'
Muslims Angered by Verse in German Soccer Club Song

The verse "Muhammad Was a Prophet Who Knows Nothing About Football" in the official song of German soccer club Schalke 04 has sparked more than 100 complaints from Muslims. The club says it's looking into the matter.

German Bundesliga soccer club Schalke 04 has received more than 100 complaints from Muslims about its club song which contains the verse: "Muhammad was a Prophet who knows nothing about football."

The song with the title "White and Blue, How I Love You" has been around for decades but only recently came to the attention of Turkish media which said it insults the Prophet.

Muslims are now demanding that the offending line be struck from the song, which is chanted by Schalke's fans before every match.

The management of the club, based in the western town of Gelsenkirchen in the industrial Ruhr region, is concerned about the complaints and says it is consulting an expert on Islam.

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[rabs]

1. Muhammad dribbles through the Schalke 04 defense ... he fires and

goooooooooooooooooooooooool

Muhammad - 1
Schalke 04 - 0

You're right, it is offensive and should be taken out. But will that spark a riot ?

[Heidi]

2. Were you a sportswriter in another life?

#30#

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. .... and Jesus saves!

Sorry, but that punchline is so old, there's an Act of Parliament requiring it to be used in all situations.

[vadawg]

9. screw them if they dont get the humour

nothing better than the banter on the terraces, would hate to see the classic non PC songs taken away....

[Quantess]

3. For their own safety, maybe they should remove that verse.

Otherwise there will riots and mayhem from the Muslims.

[Rebubula]

6. Ahhhh..

...the soft bigotry of low expectations....

[vadawg]

12. mayby, but whats the bets there will be some violence due to this

im a betting man and i would not bet against it, its like the danish cartoon palaver, we are going to PC ourselves to death...

[newtothegame]

25. Hahaha at least bigots get to keep their heads...it is the naieve that will end up beheaded on video

[Quantess]

35. Do you really believe your own words?

I read your other posts, and if I read you correctly, you are a marginal Democrat, a marginal liberal. You like guns a lot, nothing wrong with that.

What makes you such a defender of Muslims?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

27. Ahhh, the hecklers veto strikes again

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[HamdenRice]

7. Can anyone translate into German? My guess is it's a nonsense rhyme that sounds good in German nt

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Here is the German text

Mohammed war ein Prophet, der vom Fußballspielen nichts versteht. Doch aus all der schönen Farbenpracht hat er sich das Blau und Weiße ausgedacht.

[Gwendolyn]

18. What's so terrible about those lyrics? I don't get it. n/t

[MissHoneychurch]

21. Nothing

They are saying that the riot was started by Neo-Nazis who wanted to get a rift between the fans. Schalke has a lot of Turkish fans. The song was written in 1963, and only now there is a problem with it?
Also, I read today that the Central Council of Muslims in Germany doesn't think it is bad. I only have a German link http://islam.de/13516.php

Altogether it is a hype about nothing.

[Karenina]

30. See how CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING yet again.

Schalke's Turkish fans' opinions would be of primary interest to me. However, I DO understand the increased sensitivity in light of recent events...

[HamdenRice]

29. Thanks! but I don't get the chant. nt

[Blue_Tires]

31. just a soccer song

if you look at the lyrics of most of them, they can be random, political, violent, bawdy, funny or just irreverent...but whatever it is, it has to be unique -- besides, almost everyone is piss drunk when they are belting it out, anyways...

[Karenina]

36. And if you don't piss your rivals off

YOU'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT!!!! :rofl:

[BolivarianHero]

10. Ummm...It's a non-sequitur being that uses racism as a conduit for arbitrarily riling fans...

It should be removed, and I have no love for Islam. I think that part of the world needs a good dose of communism more than anyone else; it worked in Western Asia.

[PretzelWarrior]

11. fuck oversensitive Muslims. may they die of their own self righteousness

just like the stupid fuck Christians running around our parts. All can suck me. Take that you Muslim extremist fucks.

P.S. Mohommed DOESN'T know jack shit about football. Jesus also knows nothing of basketball.

[vadawg]

13. bravo, this crap is going to overwhelm us, and we all know jesus played ping pong..

[SeriousEbony]

14. If only they would get as upset when muslims kill innocents

or when they daily abuse women and rape children. I'm sure a fatwa will be issued soon for the
death of anyone singing the song.

[Heidi]

17. Muslims aren't the only folks who kill innocents, abuse women and rape children.

Or hadn't you heard?

Some of the worse that happened that you don't know about, ok. Videos, there are women there. Some of you may have read they were passing letters, communications out to their men. This is at Abu Ghraib which is 30 miles from Baghdad <...>
The women were passing messages saying "Please come and kill me, because of what's happened". Basically what happened is that those women who were arrested with young boys/children in cases that have been recorded. The boys were sodomized with the cameras rolling. The worst about all of them is the soundtrack of the boys shrieking that your government has. They are in total terror it's going to come out. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/14/193750/666

http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=10629

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/14864

[SeriousEbony]

24. Of course I am aware of that abuse

Why on Earth would you think otherwise?

It would be great if there was Muslim outrage about those abuses too. Even better if it was as great
as their outrage at cartoons.

[DailyGrind51]

15. These guys really need to lighten up!

What if Catholics or Jews got bent out of shape at humor at their expense?

[NoPasaran]

16. So is there any evidence that Muhammad actually did know about football?

I read somewhere that the Buddha couldn't lay down a bunt to save his life.

[trof]

19. Georgia Tech, U. of Georgia sue U. of Alabama over fight song.

In a press release from the Office of the Governor, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue stated "This is hate speech of the vilest kind and will not be tolerated by the great state of Georgia!"

"Yea, Alabama!"

Yea, Alabama! Drown 'em Tide!
Every 'Bama man's behind you;
Hit your stride!
Go teach the Bulldogs to behave,
Send the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave!
And if a man starts to weaken,
That's a shame!
For 'Bama's pluck and grit
Have writ her name in crimson flame!
Fight on, fight on, fight on, men!
Remember the Rose Bowl we'll win then!
Go, roll to victory,
Hit your stride,
You're Dixie's football pride, Crimson Tide!

[TexasObserver]

20. Jesus Saves ... Moses invests.

People who wear their religion on their shoulders like chips are the bane of modern existence.

I don't care what anyone believes, as long as they don't expect me to tip toe around their absurdities.

[brendan120678]

22. Oh noes!! It insults the prophet!!! BAN IT NOW!!!! (nt)

[Sultana]

23. Get over it German Muslims

Jesus gets made fun of more than your guy, you don't see my ass complaining like its the end of the world.

[demoleft]

26. some self-irony on one side and some more respect on the other would fit.

:hi:

[Heidi]

28. !

:hi:

[Forkboy]

32. Of course he doesn't know football.

He's a fast pitch softball fan. Everyone knows that. Sheesh.

[Lance_Boyle]

33. Do the whiners mean to imply that Mohammad *did* know about football?

Frankly, the line makes sense for pretty much all religious figureheads, except maybe L. Ron Hubbard - he probably knew about (OK, knew of) football. Both kinds.

Of course, if they substituted jesus for mohammad the christians would whine about the use of the past-tense "was." It's so *mean* to their fragile sense of zombie worship...

[redqueen]

34. Weird. (nt)