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January 24, 2005
Going MAAD
Posted by Dave Blount at January 24, 2005 7:25 AM
Encouraging evidence of the smooth assimilation of the flood of Muslim immigrants pouring into Europe comes from Britain, where the aptly named group MAAD (Muslims Against Advertising) has taken upon itself the duty of destroying public advertisements that are inconsistent with Islamic cultural mores.
As reported by AFP, billboards featuring immodestly dressed women have fallen victim to the campaign in areas with a large Muslim population. Offending body parts are either painted over or torn off. Ads for perfume, hair dye, bras and the television show "Desperate Housewives" have been defaced.
MAAD's website (currently unavailable because it has exceeded its allocated data transfer) reportedly gives advice on how to vandalize billboards and lists potential targets, as well as indexing defaced ads in Birmingham, where the group is based.
While vandalism is never to be encouraged, at least they aren't flying planes into the billboards, or hunting down the advertisers and slitting their throats.
