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 Posted: Thu 16:51, 05 Sep 2013 Post subject: UK Hindus up in arms over shoes named after Vishnu |
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UK Hindus up in arms over shoes named after Vishnu
It was an idea which the Clarks management must have thought brilliant. One of the designer footwear company's senior managers suggested the names Vishnu and Krishna for two designs of trendy footwear.
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Demonstrations were organised, finally forcing Clarks to apologise for the offence caused. But the Hindus won't believe the company is sorry till the footwear is withdrawn.
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The problem first came to light this summer in Leicester, home to Britain's biggest Hindu community, after a Hindu bought the summer sandal and noticed the product's name on the shoe box.
Community leaders say they complained privately to Clarks, but decided to go public with their protests since the company not only failed to withdraw the summer sandal,[url=http://cheapsoccercleatsonlinestore.blogspot.com/][b]http://cheapsoccercleatsonlinestore.blogspot.com/[/b][/url], but introduced the winter boot. Clarks is reluctant to withdraw the footwear which are selling briskly.
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Other vocal members of the Hindu community feel that in a multi-racial, multi-religious society like Britain, it was the obligation of marketing departments to ensure no offence is caused to religious and other sensitivities.
Keith Vaz, the Labour MP for Leicester East, which has a vast Hindu population said, "You are not supposed to call the things you walk on after gods. The Christian equivalent would be to name a line of shoes after Jesus and Virgin Mary. Clarks would not think of doing that."
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He also mentioned that people needed to be sensitive to other religions in the same way as they would be towards Christianity. This is not the first time that a controversy of this nature has stirred the Hindu community,[url=http://2013rogerviviershoessales.blogspot.com/][b]Cheap Roger Vivier Shoes Sale Store[/b][/url].
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Clarks has admitted that it would not have used the names for the shoes had the company been aware of their significance. A Clarks spokesperson said,[url=http://kevindurant4shoesforsale.blogspot.com/][b]jordans shoes[/b][/url], "The names appear only in a catalogue for internal use and on a label on the shoe box. The customer would not be asking for them by name."
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"I am sure it was not meant to be disrespectful. Mistakes happen and it is a part of human life. The fact that products are named after gods does not affect the status of gods," he said.
Mahesh Chander Prasher, a member of the National Council of Hindu Temples and secretary of Hindu Religious and Cultural Society in Leicester, was unrelenting,[url=http://discountparajumperssaleonlinestore.webmium.com/][b]Parajumpers Coat Online Store[/b][/url], maintaining that his faith could not have been more insulted.
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