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Pepsi, Muslims and the Jews

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Submitted by Nancy Drew (United Kingdom), May 8, 2008 at 08:19

While in Morocco - I offered someone Pepsi to drink - although I was a little disappointed that I couldn't find Pepsi Max - and since Pepsi seemed hard enough to find - I thought offering this would be good.

The look I got at the bottle – it was like the person had seen a ghost. And I was told that they were not going to drink it - because Pepsi was Jewish.

I was like - no - I am pretty sure Pepsi is an American drink - created around the time they used to have the soda fountains - and that it is definitely an American invention along with Coke.

I was told that the Arabic word for Pepsi - was similar for the word for Jew or Jewish and that is why Moroccans had stopped drinking it. That it had disappeared altogether for a while and it was now back.

And it really was hard to find Pepsi there - unless you go to the big supermarkets - few that there are - but mostly I had to settle for Coca-Lite or Diet Coke.

This site is the right thing to do – Jews really do need to offer another opinion about themselves - in Arabic - if you look at Al-Jazeera English - it is mostly the Arab position that is presented (mostly in rant form).

Another thing Israel could do is to make a 24 hour TV news channel in English – which covers a variety of subjects – and get their point of view over to an international audience.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
So much for all those "interfaith understanding" conferences we keep hearing about. [50 words]joebloughAug 10, 2008 22:03136554
Egyptians had the privilege of knowing Jews & Judaism. [42 words]M.D'SouzaMay 9, 2008 12:02128209
Theoretically true [77 words]DevasahayamMay 19, 2008 16:14128209
1Pepsi, Muslims and the Jews [266 words]Nancy DrewMay 8, 2008 08:19128094
The word Pepsi in Arabic [115 words]dhimmi no moreMay 11, 2008 18:36128094
5PEPSI- the reason they refuse it... LOL [420 words]saraMay 12, 2008 17:38128094
Thank you Sara, and Pepsi and Coca Cola and the arabs [18 words]dhimmi no moreMay 12, 2008 18:14128094
"Bebsi" is Arabic/Urdu for "Weakness." [19 words]KateJan 13, 2009 19:31128094
1Pepsi is not the reason. [169 words]JamalNov 27, 2009 03:40128094
note [44 words]MohamedJun 15, 2011 00:48128094
7The word Bebsi aka Pepsi [284 words]dhimmi no moreJun 16, 2011 05:59128094
reply [143 words]Kyle KatarnSep 16, 2011 11:32128094
reply to the article [102 words]sanaNov 24, 2014 01:05128094
Thank you for the site [17 words]Seth J. VogelmanMay 6, 2008 01:24127839
But they can translate MeinKampf [197 words]Rachel GarberMay 5, 2008 19:22127819
Picture on website [24 words]DaveMay 1, 2008 09:15127345

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