It was on April 1, 2013 (April Fool’s Day) that the following headline appeared on MSN News: Lego scraps Star Wars toy Jabba after ‘anti-Muslim’ complaints. A group called the Turkish Cultural Association of Austria complained that Jabba, a Star Wars crime king-pin figure inhabiting his mosque-like desert palace, depicted Moslems as “terrorists.” Moreover, the Association claimed that the play set presents Asians and Oriental … More →
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