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Is the Starbucks woman Queen Esther?
"Starbucks is to be found in Mecca, in Al-Madina, opposite the King Abdul Aziz Gate in Mecca, opposite the Al-Majid Gate in Al-Madina, as well as in Cairo," Egyptian cleric Safwat Higa said during a sermon which aired on TV. "Starbucks is to be found everywhere, with this logo."
"Have any of you ever wondered who this woman with a crown on her head is? Why do we boycott Starbucks? I will tell you, so you will know why you should boycott this company, and what this logo stands for," he continued. "As I've already said, it is not enough to avoid entering this coffee shop. It is not enough to refrain from drinking this coffee. You must urge people never to go there, but none of you should even consider throwing a stone, breaking anything, or burning [the place] down."
"The girl in the Starbucks logo is Queen Esther. Do you know who Queen Esther was and what the crown on her head means? This is the crown of the Persian kingdom.
This queen is the queen of the Jews. She is mentioned in the Torah, in the Book of Esther. The girl you see is Esther, the queen of the Jews in Persia," the cleric said.
"The Crown you see here [in the Starbucks logo] is the crown of the kingdom of Xerxes," Higa said.
"We want Starbucks to be shut down throughout the Arab and Islamic world," he concluded. "It is inconceivable that in Mecca and Al-Madina, there will be a picture of Queen Esther. Can you believe that in Mecca, Al-Madina, Cairo, Damascus, Kuwait, and all over the Islamic world there hangs the picture of beautiful Queen Esther, with a crown on her head, and we buy her products?"
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:39 PM bigwheeel Says:
Mr. Rev. Al-Holiness Safwat Higa. Thanks for alerting me to the fact that the mysterious "Beautiful Queen" with the crown in the logo of Starbucks is Queen Esther. From now on, I'll make it a point to patronize the Starbucks branches. I'll also make sure bl"n, (if only you knew what that acronym stands for) to have "Cholov Yisroel" in my coffee! BTW. when searching for Jews and Jewish symbols, who are hiding inside the Egyptian culture, look no further than the Presidential palace and its inhabitant. President Hosni Mubarrak! A good look at his face will tell you that he does not have that "Kammal" look. (that the holy rev. Abdul Gamal Nasser had. For a good reason. Because he is a Sephardic Jew!!! (check it out!)
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:31 PM Anonymous Says:
Who put something in his coffee?
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:29 PM Esther Hamalka Says:
Just too bad for the Arabs. Their hatred for jews runs so deep. Nu so they are not going to drink Starbucks. let them drink oil mixed with their sand.
A Freilechen purim everyone
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:27 PM A D'Lo Yoda Says:
Reb Higa (otherwise known among his friends as "Higa der Shika") must have had too much to drink on Purim.
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:26 PM Anonymous Says:
For a change, I totally AGREE with an Islamic radical. How dare they use a logo with a woman's picture. As VIN reported yesterday, even Hamodia would not dare use a picture of Queen Esther in their publication so how could a company whose founder and chairman is jewish use such a picture. What a chilul hashem!!
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:21 PM Anonymous Says:
Maybe its the statue of liberty?
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:07 PM murray Says:
this "story" has to be a joke. I found it rather flattering (and Not believable) that the radical moslem writer would admit to the Purim story without distorting it,, calling Esther some kind of demon or some such, certainly Not describing her as a Beautiful Queen.
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:05 PM Anonymous Says:
Rofl, at least he called Queen Esther beautiful. This is such a non-story. Does anyone actually care what these lunatics say anymore? Good, so let them boycott Starbucks. Who the heck cares anyway. So don't drink coffee, don't drink wine, cover your women in black garbage bags, don't let your children enjoy life, and keep blowing yourselves up. We already know they're insane, what's one more for the list?
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Mar 10, 2009 at 07:59 PM Anonymous Says:
this article proves how insane with hate theese muslim clerics are they are mindless morons ignorant of wroldly matters they think they are the smartest its exactly the opposite what a shame on humanity theese people are
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Mar 10, 2009 at 07:48 PM Anonymous Says:
never even relized a pic on star -bucks coffee cup . going to check it out next time
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Mar 10, 2009 at 08:47 PM Anonymous Says:
Well, America runs on Dunkin not on Starbucks and taste tests have actually favored Dunkin and Mcdonalds over Starbucks. Still i would like to have a little of what this nut job is drinking because he is definately in outer space.
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Mar 10, 2009 at 09:00 PM yankel Says:
This is Safwat Higa's idea of a Purim Joke. Little does he know that unlike the xians, we don't propound illustrations of Biblical figures to look like the actual people. No one has any idea what Esther looked like or what her crown looked like. I's a Purim joke of this cleric is delusional.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to take a look at a Starbucks cup to see what the fuss is about.
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Mar 10, 2009 at 09:35 PM Elchonon Says:
you guys on mehadrin internet ? just google it.. ive read shultz's biography on the siren (logo), its a frikking mermaid and the original owners the made the logo werent jewish.. shultz just made it tznius!
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Mar 10, 2009 at 09:24 PM shusan haberuh Says:
let them not drink it fine i like it & they r causing pains on other people i am still going to drink it in my life i also those arabs drinking a stinkin coffe tell them to go to hell
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Mar 10, 2009 at 09:21 PM Anonymous Says:
“ This is Safwat Higa's idea of a Purim Joke. Little does he know that unlike the xians, we don't propound illustrations of Biblical figures to look like the actual people. No one has any idea what Esther looked like or what her crown looked like. I's a Purim joke of this cleric is delusional.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to take a look at a Starbucks cup to see what the fuss is about. ”
What do you mean nobody knows what Esther looked like. She was Green, Green, Green, you idiot nincompoop. And it isn't easy being Green.
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Mar 10, 2009 at 10:09 PM Anonymous Says:
if i was starbucks i would sue the guy for libel and double the advertizing!
back to the stone age and just bc they are big makes them intellecutally partners??
that what i would do if i was starbucks
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Mar 10, 2009 at 09:50 PM Lawyer Says:
Now what other Jewish things can we get the Moslem world to boycott?
The vaccine for polio, for example, was invented by Dr. Jonas Salk, an American Jew who was the son of Eastern European immigrants. Can you believe that children throughout the Arab and Moslem world ingest this vaccine, on a daily basis? Even in Mecca and Medina! This is clearly part of the nefarious plot by the Elders of Zion! A boycott is called for!
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Mar 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM Anonymous Says:
That guy is a weiredo! & number 15 sounds just as weired!
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Mar 11, 2009 at 05:06 AM I love this story ! Says:
Another Purim Nes !!!
Starbucks mermaid is Ester HaMalkah !!! I love this story !!!
Brucha Ester ! Arura Zeresh !
Netzach Yisrael !!!
Amalek you shall fall. Fall. Fall. Fall. With no delicious Starbucks coffee.
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Mar 11, 2009 at 12:24 AM Anonymous Says:
@ #1 (bigwheel).
You said this:
BTW. when searching for Jews and Jewish symbols, who are hiding inside the Egyptian culture, look no further than the Presidential palace and its inhabitant. President Hosni Mubarrak! A good look at his face will tell you that he does not have that "Kammal" look. (that the holy rev. Abdul Gamal Nasser had. For a good reason. Because he is a Sephardic Jew!!! (check it out!)
Can you quote a source for this - googling it comes up empty...
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Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14 AM Anonymous Says:
Hasn't anyone noticed? This is obviously Vashti -- she has a tail! Two of them in fact! :)
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Mar 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM Bugsy Siegel Says:
“ That guy is a weiredo! & number 15 sounds just as weired! ”
#15 is actually making a talmudic reference. "The Gemara in Megillah mentions that Esther actually had a greenish skin tone, and that it was a neys that Achashverosh perceived her as being beautiful…"
It isn't easy being green is a reference to Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street and that is all I am going to say...
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Mar 11, 2009 at 03:36 PM Anonymous Says:
Actually, i once had a customer who worked for Starbucks and the explanation he gave was a little different.
the image in the logo represents the mythical "Sirens" , some shtus about these mysterious women that would wreck ships that passed by their island. it seems that the coffee traders passed by this shipping route. google it if you must. :-)
Happy Purim!
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Mar 11, 2009 at 03:37 PM Anonymous Says:
Actually, i once had a customer who worked for Starbucks and the explanation he gave was a little different.
the image in the logo represents the mythical "Sirens" , some shtus about these mysterious women that would wreck ships that passed by their island. it seems that the coffee traders passed by this shipping route. google it if you must. :-)
Happy Purim!
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Mar 11, 2009 at 05:25 PM za003 Says:
“ That guy is a weiredo! & number 15 sounds just as weired! ”
well actually there is a medrash that says esther had agreenish complexion and besides the arabs should realize that noone cares anymore I mean come on its just a picture on a coffe cup BTW didnt esther rule and live in shushan not Xaniax or watever it is called
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Mar 11, 2009 at 08:55 PM tooperfect Says:
the guy is a real loser.
the woman is a character from Moby Dick, whose name was Starbuck.
this just makes his whole nationality look stupid. I hope it was a purim joke.
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Apr 20, 2009 at 04:41 PM Anonymous Says:
The profit Mohammad's wife was Jewish- What will they have to say about that???