Theme park calls off "Muslim Fun Day"

As reported here, Britain's largest theme amusement park, Alton Towers in central England, called off a planned "Muslim Fun Day" that was to be held on September 17th, which would have included with halal food, a strict dress code and prayer areas, while "[m]usic, gambling and alcohol were to be banned for the day and theme park rides such as "Ripsaw," "Corkscrew" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" all segregated by sex."

And just why do you suppose that this "Muslim Fun Day" event was called off? Was it because of fears of potential terrorism? Nope. Was it because people complained, saying it was discriminatory? Surely, you jest. No, it was called off for a lack of interest from the "Muslim Community". Not enough tickets had been sold by the group promoting this so-called "Muslim Fun Day" event. Apparently, everyone who did buy a ticket from Islamic Leisure were to be given a refund, but no one was answering the phone this past Wednesday.

I think the lack of interest was probably due to the fact that music, gambling, and alcohol were to be banned, and that the rides were going to be gender segregated. I mean, what fun is it to go to an amusement theme park if you can't hear music, drink a little booze, and flirt with the opposite sex, right?

All levity aside, it's a good thing this so-called "Muslim Fun Day" event was called off, in that, there is a wedding planned at the hotel at the amusement park. A Christian* wedding. If the "event" had not been called off, guess what the park officials have required the bride and bridesmaids, as well as all the other women in attendance, to do?

They would have had to obey a tenet of Muslim Sharia Law by covering up. Imagine that.

People who are not Muslims, in a country that supposedly does not give credence to Muslim Sharia Law, who are going to attend and participate in an event in a separate facility of the park, and were not going to attend the so-called "Muslim Fun Day" event, would have been forced to bow down to something that has absolutely no validity whatsoever, or relocate their event, so as to not "offend Muslim sensibilities".

This is a prime example of PC-ism run amok. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you? Imagine that!

*Note: The use of the term "Christian" is used here only to denote "non-Muslim". I have no idea as to whether or not the folks who are participating in, and attending, the wedding are in fact Christian believers, not is it particularly germane to the thoughts expressed.

Hat tip: hollie_is_right