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No veiled threat: ‘Destructive’ Barbie off Iranian shelves
Published: 16 January, 2012, 20:30
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TAGS: Children, Religion, Iran
The “B who U wanna B” American icon has outstayed her welcome, according to Reuters – and will be removed from every toy shop in Iran. The country has been toying with this idea of a ban since 1996, but only now has it become a reality.
Stories of American citizens getting into trouble in Iran have been rather frequent. Usually, they are somehow connected to politics and espionage – but that is not why one Barbie Millicent Roberts has become persona non grata in the Islamic republic.
No, Mattel’s world-famous plastic creation has been deemed “un-Islamic” and destructive to the people’s cultural values. And according to some shopkeepers in Tehran, the morality police are determined to put an end to this particular toy story.
They are not the first to develop such a game plan. In 2003, Saudi Arabia first banned, and then outlawed the Barbie doll for being “offensive to Islam”. But some plastic is still considered fantastic, even in the more conservative states. Fulla, a doll made and distributed by UAE, is marketed specifically to children of Islamic and Middle Eastern countries, and is a huge success.
And another example – rumors of a toy US drone the Iranians captured in December. That, according to news sources quoting Iranian media, should hit the shelves soon – and hopefully drone out any Barbie backlash.
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Art, Good comment about the harmful affect of cosmetics. RT did rather weak job on this. It paid no attention to the complex history of this innocuous looking creature. I would like other countries do the same. Russia is one country in which the new culture of U.S imperialism is having massive effects. 20 Years ago the dominant images of Slavic Russian woman was that of a scientist/ sophisticated spy, cosmonaut. Today she is a mail ordered bride, cheap nanny and a model.
islam is a good religion many dont know that, its not the western bang a$$ type so people in the west think islam is bad because of some unruly militia's taking it and making it a radical religion. unfortunately those people who are always in struggle in the muslims and they get tempted by the offers made by the so called radical islamic militia's and groups, its people to blame for not the religion, being bad is human nature, good and bad, some choose to stick to good because everything is good for them, some choose bad because everything is bad for them. The harsh reality is the very books that is made to help people to choose good over bad is being used to do bad!
All these plastic toys are highly toxic to manufacture and dispose of. How many plastic toys to spoiled brats need?