11-18-2014, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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Originally Posted by pgsieve
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I thought this part of the article was pretty telling:
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Omar Jamil, President of the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, said while he was initially taken aback by the mascot, he doesn’t think it’s offensive.
“He is smiling. He looks like an Arab playing hockey,” Jamil said.
If the mascot was carrying a sword or had “a frown on his face,” his feeling might be different, Jamil added.
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