Posted on December 15th, 2008 at 11:52 am by Steve
All the news orgs doing it. BBC:
The soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.
CNN:
Hurling shoes at someone, or sitting so that the bottom of a shoe faces another person, is considered an insult among Muslims.
The New York Times (from an earlier shoe-throwing episode):
During the argument, heated words were exchanged and shoes were thrown, a severe insult in the Arab world.
This persistently stupid meme has been harped upon by The Angry Arab for quite some time now.