Top Gear Causes Religious Storm

scribblet · December 29, 2010

We watch Top Gear on BBC Canada which is pretty good most of the time and sometimes quite funny, but this time, they have created a religious storm. LOL There's a video on the page. Not sure if this is the right category either but - here goes.

My favourite episode is when they went camping

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1342138/Top-Gear-stars-cause-religious-storm-dressing-burkas-Boxing-Day-special.html#ixzz19SW5hiEH

Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear co-stars have sparked religious outrage after dressing up in burkas on the Boxing Day special.
Clarkson and Richard Hammond decided to dress in niqabs, a form of the burka where everything but the eyes are covered, in order to disguise themselves on the road.

They also got James May in on the act when they greeted him from hospital after he fell and hit his head on rocks in the Syrian desert.

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Outrage: Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond sparked an outrage when they dressed in niqabs for the Boxing Day special of the show

Outrage: Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond sparked an outrage when they dressed in niqabs for the Boxing Day special of the show

But their joke backfired after they were slammed by Muslims for mocking their religion.

Islamic extremist Anjem Choudary, said: 'The burka is a symbol of our religion and people should not make jokes about it in any way.

'It would have been equally bad even if they’d not been in a country mainly populated by Muslims.'

On the Boxing Day episode of the show, the trio were driving across the Middle East to follow the path of the Three Wise Men.

Incognito: Clarkson, seen here at the wheel of his car in Syria, had the idea to dress in a niqab in order to drive in disguise as they swapped the desert for a proper road

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Topaz · December 29, 2010

It's not the first time they have done something that got them into trouble. It seems at time they must have missed out of their teen years. Did you see when they took one of their home-made cars to a car wash and the car wash ended up on fire after some of the part of the car got tackled in the roller brush which got stuck, which cause it to create the fire. So what so they do, they ran away like teens.

scribblet · December 29, 2010

I didn't see that one, but did see the one where they rented a small trailer, eventually setting it on fire LOL

Bonam · December 29, 2010

It's not the first time they have done something that got them into trouble.

And why should a video that happens to include a so-called "symbol of Islam" get anyone in trouble?

scribblet · December 29, 2010

It shouldn't, but it's getting an adverse reaction from Muslims, so far no riots that I know of. Hopefully there won't be a backlash against the U.K. and more attempted bombings. Denmark and Sweden have just arrested 5 suspects in planned terror attack against a newspaper ( cartoons again)