Real remove cross from emblem to please Muslims

[lem34]

Real remove cross from emblem to please Muslims

Published: 09 April, 2012, 17:14


Spanish football giants, Real Madrid, have decided to make changes to the club’s logo, getting rid of the cross, which was present on the emblem for nearly a century.

*The rebranding was needed in order to strengthen Real’s popularity among Muslim football lovers in Europe and the Middle East.

The Spanish Marca newspaper is citing a source in the club’s administration as saying that the move is aimed at “avoiding all forms of misunderstanding and conflict in the regions where the majority of the population is Muslim”.

The removal of the cross coincides with Real Madrid beginning the construction of a $1 billion sports tourist resort in the United Arab Emirates, which will be the world’s first theme park on an artificial island to combine tourism and sports.

The Christian symbol appeared on Real Madrid’s emblem back in 1920 when King Alfonso XIII granted his royal patronage to the club.

By changing the emblem, the Los Blancos followed in the footsteps of their archrivals from Barcelona, who also had to part with a cross on their logo to please their sponsors from Qatar.

 

[darkinsky]

nvr mind...................

 

[Classof90]

Hala Madrid!!

 

[Mosamania]

Oh those evil Wahhabi GCC countries are at it again....

 

[rashtriya.rifles]

what crapp ??????

 

[DRaisinHerald]

It's so tiny, lol. I don't see how that could've been offensive

But thanks R. Madrid anyway

 

[Marxist]

Real Madrid make small but deliberate change to their crest for UAE resort island partnership

In the initial response to the announcement that work would soon begin on a ridiculous $1 billion Real Madrid-themed resort island in the United Arab Emirates, the focus was obviously on talk of brand growth and jokes about Pepe. But now that the plan has progressed and the foundation stone has been laid, Marca has noticed a tiny but interesting change Real Madrid made for this project.

As the Spanish paper points out, the club removed the little cross from the crown atop their logo on the project's promotional materials (you can see the modified crest at the start of this video). Marca describes the change as a means "to avoid any confusion or misinterpretation" in relation to a project being built in a largely Muslim region.


The cross has only been a part of the club's crest because it was a part of King Alfonso XIII's crown, which was added to the crest in 1920 when he granted the club his royal patronage and their name changed from Madrid Club de Futbol to Real Madrid. All the royal symbols were then removed from the club's crest and name in 1931 when the monarchy was dissolved, though they were restored at the end of the Spanish civil war in 1941 and have remained since.

So the cross is hardly an untouchable symbol of the club's religious devotion and mainly just part of an ornamental hat that they have no problem modifying when inventing grandiose new ways to make money.

Next for Real Madrid's misinterpretation avoidance department: Replacing the "MCF" in the center of the crest with a picture of club president Florentino Perez shaking tourists by their ankles as money falls out of their pockets.

Real Madrid make small but deliberate change to their crest for UAE resort island partnership | Dirty Tackle - Yahoo! Sports

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

You did what's good for your business, not a favour for us. The Cross isn't in contention till the time the one that breaks it arrives. You could wear emblems with large crosses and play on my roof, and I'd make you feel welcome.

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

To you it doesn't but for UAE faggots it does.. Arabs are so typical !!

Reported for racism.

 

[harpoon]

Europeans are good businessmen.

 

[Arabian Legend]

Viva Real Madrid

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Viva Real Madrid

VIVA BARCELONA!

 

[IndoUS]

Didn't even realize that there was a cross lol. People really pay that much attention to details. As long as they play good games I don't care what they do.