WORLD NEWS: INDIA LODGES OFFICIAL COMPLAINT OVER OFFENSIVE AUSTRALIAN LAMB ADVERT OF gOD EATING MEAT
The high commission of India in Canberra has made a demarche to Australia’s department of foreign affairs and trade, the department of communication and arts and the department of agriculture over the advert. The Consulate General has further contacted the company responsible for the advert to withdrawn the content.
The company behind the advert is by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), the content of the advert contain number of religious figures sat around a table together enjoying a lamb dish. The religion members in the table are Jesus, Moses, Buddha, Aphrodite, and Ganesha, alongside an alien figure and Scientology leader L Ron Hubbard. The Prophet Mohamed is unable to make it, the party is informed.
The organization behind the advert(MLV) has not responded to the complaint but group managing director Andrew Howie told the publication the work was intended to show Australia as “accommodating and accepting”.
“The intention was not to upset any religion or to result in the response that we have received,” he said.
"We were trying to paint Australia as an accommodating and accepting country."
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