Muslim Group says No to Freddie Mercury Party

Azan Khalid of Zanzibar's Association for Islamic Mobilization and Propagation said anything linking Mercury with Zanzibar's Muslim population would be offensive. "That's why he was branded a Queen."

What a total and complete tool. I am willing to bet that Freddie was the best thing that over came out of Zanzibar.

He said that a waterfront restaurant's plans for a September 2 party honoring Mercury's birthday would be stopped.

Mercury restaurant, which was named for the singer, will go ahead with the party, manager Simai Mohammed said.

Mercury, who acknowledged being gay, was born in Zanzibar when the country was still a British protectorate. He was educated in India and moved with his family to Britain in 1964, after a bloody revolution that drove out many immigrants of Indian or Arab descent.

"Our main idea is to promote tourism and Freddie Mercury was from Zanzibar. It's part of our history," Mohammed said. "We are all Muslims and it's not our intention to offend any religion."

Why are they always trying to ruin someone's fun? I bet if it was a deatch to Israel, they'd want to be on the VIP list.

Zanzibar's government sent a letter asking state-owned media not to report on Mercury's birthday because of the tension between the religious group and the restaurant. The group's aim is for Zanzibar to be ruled based on the Muslim holy book, the Koran. Last year, the group broke up a gay man's birthday party in Zanzibar's Pemba island.

-From cnn.com-