Tom Sawyer, All-Islamic Boy

As we bend over backwards to not offend Muslims and let them insuate their beliefs into our culture, how are things going over in Jihadistan? Surely, they are showing similar respect to our culture.

Think again. From the UK Telegraph:

Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum.

"Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto, his maker, in a book stamped with the crest of the ministry of education.

"Thanks be to Allah," the puppet says later.

In The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan is told that he cannot visit Aramis. The reason would surprise the author, Alexandre Dumas.

An old woman explains: "He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness."

Tom Sawyer may always have shirked his homework, but he is more conscientious in learning his Islamic prayers. He is given a "special treat" for learning the Arabic words.

Pollyanna, seen by some as the embodiment of Christian forgiveness, says that she believes in the end of the world as predicted in the Koran.

Heidi, the Swiss orphan girl in the tale by Johanna Spyri, is told that praying to Allah will help her to relax.

Several more books have been altered, including La Fontaine's fables and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

What we need now is a bold publisher to pick through the pathetic pile of camel dung that is Arab literature and re-publish the most popular ones, with Alladin accepting Christ, Ali Babba dropping everything to fight on the side of Israel, and ... can anyone think of another character from Islamic literature?

hat-tip: Laura Ingraham
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