Muslim Group Offended by [Freddie] Mercury Party
Radical Islamists are putting a restaurant that wants to honor Freddie Mercury "under pressure" - the restaurant manager responds "don't stop me now":
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) -- A huge beach party to honor late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury must be stopped because the Zanzibar-born rock star was gay, a Muslim leader said Thursday.My Comments:
Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991, violated Islam with his flamboyant lifestyle, said Azan Khalid of Zanzibar's Association for Islamic Mobilization and Propagation.
"That's why he was branded a Queen," Khalid said, adding that anything linking Mercury with Zanzibar's Muslim population would be offensive.
He said that a waterfront restaurant's plans for a Sept. 2 party honoring Mercury's birthday would be stopped.
Mercury restaurant, which was named for the singer, will go ahead [with] the party, manager Simai Mohammed said.
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Wherever he may have chosen to put his privates, I'll say this for the man: Freddie Mercury could flat-out sing. His vocals made Queen one of the greatest rock bands of the modern era.
And the Zoroastrian rocker gets bonus points for pissing off Islamics.
posted by Pro Ecclesia 10:50 AM
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You're certainly right about his singing; but didn't Elton John recently blame his death on his over-zealous observance of Catholic morality?
Sounds to me like that restaurant just wants to through a party with lots of good music.
Leave it to Muslims to shut it down.
Yeah, I've never really understood what Elton John was getting at.
I mean, why would a Zorastrian man intent on inserting his privates inside another man care one whit what the Catholic Church has to say about condoms.
Freddie Mercury could flat out sing is right indeed. Along with Brian May still one of my favorite and unique guitarists. There music has also held up really well over the years.
Well, let's see . . .
flamboyant gay rock star . . .
vs.
radical, kill-joy Muslim extremists . . .
Hmmm . . . guess I'll go with the gay guy on this one . . .
Yeh, he was quite the flamer, but I could listen to Freddie Mercury sing for hours. What a voice he had!
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