Re: [nukkad] No birthday party for Freddie in Zanzibar

["Nitin Sharma" <>]

He was born in Zanzibar to Indian Parsi parents and finished schooling
in Bombay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury

On 9/1/06, Harshal Chhaya  wrote:
> An AFP news report from Zanzibar Tanzania (AFP)  says that "Organizers
> of a 60th gala birthday party for the late Zanzibar-born rock star
> Freddie Mercury, have cancelled the weekend event after outraged
> Muslims threatened to disrupt it."
>
> I didn't know that he was born in Zanzibar. I always thought he was
> from "aapni Mumbai".
>
> It goes on to say:
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> Faced with fierce opposition from Islamists, who complained the
> flamboyant Queen lead singer's lifestyle was offensive to many on the
> overwhelmingly Muslim archipelago, organizers said they had no choice
> but to call it off.
>
> "We have decided to cancel the party after misleading and erroneous
> information was spread about it," said organizer Simai Mohamed Saidi,
> who runs a Freddie Mercury theme restaurant in the capital.
>
> "I urge Muslim groups in the future to seek correct information from
> us instead of relying on rumors," he said in an open letter, adding
> the event was intended to be celebration to honor Mercury, who died of
> AIDS in 1991.
>
> Saidi also lamented that the cancellation would hurt his intention to
> use the party to raise money for HIV/AIDS victims on Zanzibar.
>
> Conservative Zanzibari Islamists last week demanded that authorities
> ban the party and then vowed to stage mass demonstrations if it went
> ahead, saying it would tarnish the islands' reputation and culture and
> promote homosexuality.
> ...
>
> Few on Zanzibar are aware of Queen or Freddie Mercury, who was born
> Farrokh Bulsara on the main island of Unguja to Persian parents
> employed by the British colonial administration on September 5, 1946.
>
> But the appearance of posters advertising the beach party to celebrate
> what would have been his 60th birthday in recent weeks prompted the
> Islamist complaints.
>
> Although he was educated in India and moved with his family to Britain
> in 1964, Mercury, who died in 1991, remains perhaps Zanzibar's most
> famous son to many westerners and rock music fans.
> ===
>
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