Is this offensive?

[Shelley Louise]

A police telephone information card has been deemed offensive as it has a picture of a puppy sat in a policemans hat.

WTF?

[vostok 1]

It was deemed offensive by Cllr Asif but as Ghulam Qadar, the Muslim owner of Azmat Stores says ?I didn?t put it up because I didn?t realise it was meant for everyone ? I just thought it was for me if I ever needed to phone the non-emergency number.?

?I don?t have any problems with the postcard. I think perhaps the police should have used an animal with a stronger or more forceful image ? I don?t think a puppy is a particularly terrifying image.

?I can see that for some people who are deeply religious it could be offensive, but for those Muslims brought up here I don?t think it would be too much of an issue.?

[Sam Slater]

The pic of the dog seems apt. "A new number for non-emergency calls".....

.....Like lost dogs.

[Pervert]

Only offensive to the councillor in question, apparently, and all he's done is provoked a lot of "if they don't like our dogs they can fuck off back to" letters.

Tayside's Muslim community seems not to give a stuff about it. Bloody politicians.

[Sam Slater]

The Daily Mail's (who else) headline is something like "Muslims in uproar!"

It's probably just the odd nutter.

[Pervert]

Believe me, it's just that one councillor. It was in my local paper a couple of days ago, and he seems to be the only Muslim with a problem about it.

No surprise Der Mail jumping on der bandwagen, though.