Fireman Sam in Islamophobia row after character treads on page of Koran - Polidicks

[QUOTE][t]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/10722/production/_90526376_firemansam.jpg[/t] An episode of Fireman Sam in which one character appears to tread on a page from the Koran has been withdrawn. A scene in the children's programme shows a fireman slipping on a pile of papers - and as they fly into the air a page from the Koran is "briefly depicted", production firm Mattel said. The episode was first broadcast in October 2014 on Channel 5 but the "error" has only recently been spotted. Mattel apologised and said it did not believe it was done "maliciously". Channel 5, which broadcasts Fireman Sam, has removed the episode from its streaming website. Miqdaad Versi, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, tweeted: "I have no idea what went through the producers's minds when they thought this was a good idea #baffled". He also said he had identified the page from the Koran as "Surah Mulk (67), verses 13-26". [media]https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/757952288992403457[/media][/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36900310[/url]

video in question [video=youtube;mYLu9_ubdO8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYLu9_ubdO8[/video] im more curious how they even spotted this like what the fuck went into the intense investigation of looking for the page in a children tv show frame by frame

Also can a mod change the title to the BBC article's? I got a better and less sensational source.

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;50782898]video in question [video=youtube;mYLu9_ubdO8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYLu9_ubdO8[/video] im more curious how they even spotted this like what the fuck went into the intense investigation of looking for the page in a children tv show frame by frame[/QUOTE] its probably way easier to spot if it's not recorded by a camera

you would have thought that it would be pretty hard for them to put a koran page into the animation unless it serves a purpose earlier in the episode? this is more confusing than anything else - why did fireman sam have a copy of the koran in the control room? do they use it to predict fires

Oh no, I wasn't aware they turned that into 3D crap too.

Fireman Haram

What massive waste of good cartilage actually watched this drivel, had the inclination to spot-check for anything unusual, and actually gave a flying fuck. - Is what i wonder.

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;50782928]you would have thought that it would be pretty hard for them to put a koran page into the animation unless it serves a purpose earlier in the episode? this is more confusing than anything else - why did fireman sam have a copy of the koran in the control room? do they use it to predict fires[/QUOTE] Probably just an artist being silly. I know I've added stupid stuff to my art just for fun. Then again the difference is, I'm in school. They should probably be a wee bit more professional about these things.

Probably an animator that simply needed a couple of pages and wanted to be cheeky maybe.

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;50782928]this is more confusing than anything else - why did fireman sam have a copy of the koran in the control room? do they use it to predict fires[/QUOTE] For safekeeping. It's a fire hazard and in the past has caused multiple explosions.

Why do they always make such a big deal out of this?

nobody gives a flying fuck

Oh my god no. Why did they make an animated version of this show?

I mean, it's still pretty fucking weird to go to the lengths to add in the Al-Mulk for a kids' TV show.

I wouldn't make a big deal over it being a page of the Koran, but the fact that there is a page of the Koran in a kids TV show and has 0 relevancy to whatever the show/episode was about. Feels like whoever put it in there did it purposely and didn't think anyone would actually watch a kids show piece by piece looking for something like this.

[QUOTE=pentium;50783129]Oh my god no. Why did they make an animated version of this show?[/QUOTE] Allowing an English production company to get it's grubby hands on Sam Tân was probably one of the worst decisions us Welsh ever made. Sorry, lads. We fucked up.

Maybe an animator put it there as a joke to his/her coworkers and forgot to remove it.

I find it ridiculous to take down the episode over something as insignificant as this. Just leave it be. Who gives a fuck.

[QUOTE=SonicHitman;50783217]I wouldn't make a big deal over it being a page of the Koran, but the fact that there is a page of the Koran in a kids TV show and has 0 relevancy to whatever the show/episode was about. Feels like whoever put it in there did it purposely and didn't think anyone would actually watch a kids show piece by piece looking for something like this.[/QUOTE] Exactly my thoughts. Why would they do this, it's clearly done on purpose and it can't be a mistake. And you cant say "who cares" about this since it is obviously using something of importance to people.

Reminds me of when Infinity Ward nearly completely removed the Favela map from MW2s multiplayer when someone found out that the picture frame set in a bathroom had Allah's name on it for whatever reason and got pissed at it. Yes. Someone actually took the time to carefuly inspect a very small texture in a cod map.

If im not mistaken, the 3D work is all done in some asian country, hence why its so god damned bad quality too. Its an insanely cheaply made cartoon

[QUOTE=Doom64hunter;50783261]I find it ridiculous to take down the episode over something as insignificant as this. Just leave it be. Who gives a fuck.[/QUOTE] Would it be christian or buddhist or [insert non islam religion here] paper, nobody would notice.

It's okay, any angry extremists couldn't do any more damage to Sam than the current state he's in.

who the hell cares

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;50782898]video in question [video=youtube;mYLu9_ubdO8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYLu9_ubdO8[/video] im more curious how they even spotted this like what the fuck went into the intense investigation of looking for the page in a children tv show frame by frame[/QUOTE] Islamophobia? Allah struck him down as soon as he set foot on the page, if anything it tries to prove Islam is the true religion.

I could say the same thing for the guy who just tweeted a picture of a page from the Koran. Absolutely haram!

Yeah just wait for some lunatic to kill people over trivial bullshit like this. I swear, nobody except muslims would make such a big deal out of this.

That's one hell of an easter egg to put in a kid's show.

[QUOTE=Some people]Who cares?[/QUOTE] If you don't care, then why reply? They should just make him slip on a blank paper or something, and then they can re-release the episode. We are not asking for much.