After a Missouri viewer had seen a license plate on a car belonging to a St. Louis couple, they sent an email into News 4, who examined the policies for granting or denying personalized license plates or vanity plates, as they’re sometimes referred. The findings were somewhat inconclusive.
The viewer had seen a license plate that read, “JIHAD 1”. They said the word was inappropriate because people associate it with terrorism. Well, that’s because terrorists are the ones who most often use it. Of course, the license plate belonged to a Muslim family. Both the mother and father spoke with News 4 Investigative Reporter Lauren Trager off camera.
Their explanation was that Jihad is the name of their son and that’s why they applied for the plate. They also explained that Jihad has a spiritual meaning for Muslims and has nothing to do with violence or terrorism.
Okay, so what about when it does?
Read more about their explanation on the next page.
BS
In some neighborhoods having that plate would be like painting a target, its just thumbing their Muslim noses at everyone else, jihad means jihad
And it offends the hell out of me.
But the powers that be are removing historical monuments and statues. Smh. If I wanted a Confederate flag on my plates im sure the DMV would not oblige.
disgusting
Man that guy is a moron..can people get any stupider. .? Yes they can..
It says “GAY AND PROUD OF IT”
He should be made to get rid of it….. where I live a man had his motorcycle plate for 20+ yrs and because someone was offended he had to replace it ( & it was NOT a specialized plete like this one)
No they wouldn’t Anna!! You can see which side the DMV morons are on! That’s why I’m such a pissed off American is because of c**p like the license plate, among other things. As far as I’m concerned, that license plate ous inciting terrorism!!
It should not have been issued . They should recall it