Muslims Offended by Apple Store
Here’s an interesting research report that says the 5th Ave Apple Store is offensive to some Muslims. Why? Apparently the glass cube shape of the Apple Store entrance resembles the Ka’ba in Mecca. The report, which was translated by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), also finds problems in people referring to the glass cube as the “Apple Mecca,” the store being open 24 hours a day like the Ka’ba, and because “alcoholic beverages” are served inside at a bar.
Obviously the offended Muslims in question have never actually been to the 5th Ave Apple Store. The only bar in the Apple Store is the Genius Bar and although the advice of a Genius Bar employee may be intoxicating, it isn’t alcoholic. For those of you unfamiliar with the Apple Genius Bar, it’s a booth inside the Apple Store where you can bring your broken iPod or computer and have them take a look at it. There are no alcoholic drinks served at the Genius Bar, just knowledge. The purpose of the Genius Bar must have gotten lost in translation. For the record, Apple Stores do not serve alcohol. People getting drunk and playing with expensive computers and iPods probably isn’t a good idea.
As far as building a cube shaped store entrance that’s open 24 hours a day…. Apple’s 100% guilty of doing that. But can a simple glass cube really be blasphemous? Please write a comment below and share your thoughts.
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September 14th, 2009 12:19
This was a misinterpretation..
Muslims thought that it was going to be a bar and the owners were naming it after a holy place.. Makkah. And seeing that it was built into the shape of a kabah made them believe that it was offending their religion.
I am Muslim and now that we know what happened people move on with your lives
Thank u
July 31st, 2009 01:50
Um.. so according to this logic Rubik’s cubes are offensive too!
damn you Seven Towns Limited toy company and your racist toys!!!!
sigh…
July 29th, 2009 22:31
salam every one ?
really this is stupid nd illerate ?
plz changa this
July 24th, 2009 20:45
If the name Mecca or Ka’ba only belong to stupid moslem, why they do not apply for a trademark for the name. So any other attempt to use that name will have a copyright infringement.
Like Microsoft once do to the word Windows.
But I think moslem are too stupid to do that. They better blast a hotel or a tourist place with a suicide bomb.
May 27th, 2009 18:53
have no other better structure other than that?unless there always wana have problems with muslims. dun they have any other names other than apple mecca? those people are gona have fun only on this short term living earth
May 15th, 2009 14:17
World get over yourself, we all need to stop and take a good look at ourselves and each other.
I’m crying out over the stupidity we interact with each other
April 17th, 2009 21:32
Salam,
First of all, no educated Muslim will be offended by a cubical structure. Like someone else said, Islam doesn’t have a patent to cubed architectural structures, loool!
Secondly, westerners have long used the word “mecca” to describe any place where many people come to. I can understand a problem with this…as it is an politically incorrect use of the word and may offend Muslims.
Thirdly, people need to stop being so sensitive and act like they are always victims. If you are offended by Apple’s NY store, I assume you have a very strong faith. If this is the case, you should be busy with other things intead of this nonsense.
Lastly, what the heck are people saying about a ‘bar’? looool. There is no bar! Expensive computers/ipods and alcohol isn’t a good mixture. And if there were a bar…so what?
Thank you.
April 16th, 2009 21:52
Hello Everyone,
This is Adnan and i am Muslim as well, i am not in NY not even in USA so first need to confirm that is this place working as Bar, if it is i reuest you all, why not use this extra ordinary design for any other purpose.
If it hurting any human, please take some time to rethink and don’t give blames to anyone.
Solution: if this place is a bar, should be used for anyother usage, because alcohal is not allowed even in our religion, where as this building look like the most important religious building, and already created confusion in our minds, so why not using the building for other purposes, like for some office.
Please dont use for abuse.
April 5th, 2009 02:19
Assalamu Aleikum,
First of all, all these Muslims being offended by this need to check the reality of the facts before they speak up and make idiotic clames (or even worst – riots about it in remote area like Kashmir).
Remember many published authentic hadith about the matter based on which fiqh rulings is derived:
1. Order to verify the fact before transmitting it. If you don’t verify it, you will be responsible for slandering of other party.
This is a cube shaped retail and tech support store that has nothing to do with Kabba. Therefore, there is no issue with any of this and nobody is to blame for it as they are doing nothing wrong. It is a new century and the location and the shape of the structure perfectly fit the environment around it. There should be no offense to anyone. Please leave this matter alone and move on with your life. There is more important things you have to do with your time.
- Have you memorized last Juzz?
- Have you understood different teachings of aqeeda’s and figure out the correct one.
- Have you understood all potential flavors of shirk and way to protect yourself from it.
- Have you understood the fundamentals of fiqh and science of hadith
- Have you worked on your Ahlaq
- Have you worked on fixing your heart
- When was the last time you prayed Tahajjud, stayed reading Quran after Fajr, attended scholars speech (halaqa) between Maghrib and Isha in the mosque.
I guarantee you once you complete the list above you will have no time to discuss such non-sense as issue of Apple’s store in NY.
Br. Senad
April 1st, 2009 03:20
fuck you
March 16th, 2009 16:34
First of all to the guy who can barely speak or spell english “zeeshan”… dude they are not putting the picture under the glass cube as to say its lower or anything, its some1 showing u if u can compare toeh 2 things as offeensive or not… another point id like to make, who gives a fuck if its the same shape as makka, at the end of the day, u cant stop people from making a building or a cube in the same shape as makka coz makka looks like it, who gives a fuck, in the end makka will remain makka… and to all the muslims who are huffin and puffin about it, get a fucken break coz if any1 in this world likes to discriminate other religions its the muslims… for example “zeeshan” straight away says, if we want me make public toilets lookin like church… get a life man coz just from that comment i can see the racism in ur… they didnt make a GLASS JEMEE (ISLAM CHURCH)… i recon ur all nothin but a bunch of try hard wankers who try to make a major problem over nothin really… soon they wont let us walk bare footed coz they walk into their church bare footed… get a life wankers.
March 4th, 2009 02:07
Asalam_o_Alikum 1st of all in this website y they show Makkah Sharif below the stupid blass cube y they cpmaring the apple wid Makkah yyy????? if muslim not makin like this & not hittin there places bcz muslim can also do that like make a public toilet like the shape of chuchies buh they can’t do that buh the apple make this they really stupid i m fully disadred with’t must brake the stupid satructure & built a new designe bcz alost of design there buh y they chose the designe OF MAKKAH SHARIF ???????? CAN SOME I TELL ME?
March 4th, 2009 02:02
Asalam_o_Alikum 1st of all in this website y the Makkah Sharif in under the stupid blass cube y they cpmaring the apple wid Makkah yyy????? if muslim not makin like this & not hittin there places bcz muslim can also do that like make a public toilet like there chuchies buh they can’t do that buh the apple make this they really stupid i m fully disadred with’t
January 21st, 2009 10:41
I am a muslim and this is totally stupid.
January 5th, 2009 20:31
This is really a STUPID act “made by apple”..
Muslims are not offended by this strange construction because it looks like makkah, the offense is that they called it “Makkah”.
Makkah is a very sacred and special place to Muslims, so apple will do good by keeping it’s stupid-looking cube but they have no god damn right to use the name makkah.
I just wonder how can the people at apple be so genius to design a Mac, and at the same time so STUPID to fall into very small, shallow, narrow-minded act of just wanting to offence Muslims by using the name of their sacred place.
really confusing.
January 3rd, 2009 09:22
Hi everybody !
Can i have the name of this project (or this place) ? Please… :d
THANKS.
September 13th, 2008 05:56
peace on every one(el salamo alykom) this is ISLAM greeting such as hi or hello
first any cube shape wont be ever ever like maka ever, maka is a very especial for all musllems there is an old story about king called abrah he made a cube of gold (gold not glass) but no one vist it god will protect islam till the end of world so do glass cube, gold cube, silver cube it’s nothing all of ur cubes are NOTHING