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Mecca Cola

20th January 2003 by Simon

I’m listening to a piece on Newsnight on UK TV about a drink called Mecca Cole with its styling very similar to Coke - red and swooshy but with a logo “Don’t drink stupid”.

It’s been on sale in France for the last two months and has proved hugely popular with the Muslim community.

People are buying it at as boycott vote and, for the clever marketing idea that 10% goes to Palistinian people.

The company behind it are planning a range including fried chicken, burgers and cigarettes.

I very interesting idea, creating a product that makes you think your doing something to help. It’s like the initial idea of the green sea that was Body shop but on the back of all of the billions spent on advertising by the US giants.

I’d love to know if anyone sees it for sale in London.

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30 Responses to “Mecca Cola”

on 10 Mar 2003 at 2:48 pm ahmed algharasi

Hello there,

I would like to get more infromation regarding the prodcut for the reason of potiential joint venture or business in Yemen. As we all know Yemen is an excellent target market due to its big population size and its determination to boyacate American products.

Thank you
Ahmed AL-Gharsi
UK phone number
00447733333295
on 10 Mar 2003 at 5:31 pm george bush

hi i would just like to say nuff respect to the muslims that have come up with this idea and death to kuffar that unbelievers to you who don’t get it kill the white christians and the jews and the hindus
on 14 Mar 2003 at 6:54 am JD

I have been asking myself the same question. I tried Mecca Cola at the peace demo and thought it made a very pleasant change state-wise.

Surely it must be possible by now to buy it in London?!
on 18 Mar 2003 at 7:38 am Simon Perry

To the person masquerading as George Bush

I’ve thought about what to do about your racist comments and I?ve decided to leave them, for the while at least - clearly not because I agree with them.
on 18 Mar 2003 at 7:41 am Simon Perry

To Ahmed Algharasi

I don’t have any contact or further knowledge of the company that’s doing this product, but I notice the site is now up in English (http://www.mecca-cola.com/en/index.html) and you might be able to get further info there.
on 21 Mar 2003 at 11:34 am Dr Muhammad Ajmal

Thats great to have a drink we can buy now. We stopped buying american. Now looking forward in ireland to welcome mecca cola

Dr Muhammad Ajmal
on 26 Mar 2003 at 3:23 pm Shane Rider

I can’t seriously believe that descent human beings could think buying this product helps in some way to relieve the suffering of all the pain of the people and their families killed during the American war with Iraq. If you want to do something useful join the Army and help remove this brutal dictator from power. Thank You.
on 30 Mar 2003 at 9:43 pm Chris Horn

There are many reasons to boycott Coca-Cola, not the least of which is that they have a business practice of murdering workers in Latin America who try to join unions. Buy Mecca Cola!!!!
I hope it’s available in my area soon. I might start drinking cola!
on 02 Apr 2003 at 7:34 am hafsa

i’ld like to know wen it will come in pakistan.. ANYTHING but american is welcome here.
on 02 Apr 2003 at 10:49 am Imran

Well I think that Kashmir is a great market for Mecca cola as people here are determined to bycott all usa/uk/isreal based products. So the future is great and its the ripe time to launch the product in Kashmir. I would love to have the dealership.

Imran
on 04 Apr 2003 at 8:19 pm Bobbo

Freaking idiots. Drinikin a different brand of cola is going to bring peace about? You have got to be kidding me! You think Coca Cola or Pepsi Cola or Coockoo Cola Inc. cares?! You are just making some other money grubbing, greed mongering, suv driving, developing country raping jerk a rich man.
Stop drinking cola’s. For that matter STOP DRINKING SODA, it’s terrible for you anyway. It’s like, hey, let’s stop smoking american Malboro death sticks (cigarretes), and we’ll smoke Muhamed deaths sticks instead. That will show the imperialist americans. THEY WILL BOTH CAUSE THE SAME DAMAGE! Just stop. Freaking idiots.
on 06 Apr 2003 at 6:04 am shaikh Ebadur rahman

Hello there,

I would like to get more infromation regarding the prodcut for the reason of potiential joint venture or business in Bangladesh. As we all know Bangladesh is an excellent target market due to its big population size and its determination to boyacate American products.
on 06 Apr 2003 at 6:24 am Md.Rafiqul azam

hello, i am verry much interested to about new rebulation product named MECCA-COLA.From the begining we r wating for this type of HALLAL vebareage for MUSLIM country.we r aleardy stared to boycott the all kinds of UK & USA product.I like to introduce this vaberage with my people prety soon.our people r very thrsty for MECCA-COLA.they want it wright now.write me the all particular`s about it and howm i will start the business with u people.

thanks
Md.Rafiqul azam
mobile# +880-02-018293683
e-mail:rrazam@hotmail.com
on 06 Apr 2003 at 5:45 pm Dr. Riq

To Bobbo…dont you know the logistics of capitalism and what lengths it gets to gain profits?
To permalink, the geeza who started this…well, Im not exactly in London, but by now they must have stocked up on Mecca Cola. I mean, if its available in the Midlands, then surely London too…
To Chris Horn…wahoah, I didn’t know about the Latin America workers. Id like more info!
To Shane Rider…what dictator you on about? Hussein or his employer, Bush?
To ‘george bush’ up there…shut up. People like you giving us a bad time, hypocrites like you. Idiot.
on 07 Apr 2003 at 11:52 am Kash

Stop this bullshit….no one person can bring about the changes we require in this world…we have to bring small incremental changes…Mecca Cols instead of Coca Cola is good….I would not drink a single coke or Pepsi if Mecca or Zamzam cola is available in Pakistan.
Those of you who want to stop all meance in a few minutes…keep dreaming….
on 17 Apr 2003 at 3:15 pm manu

Hi!…i would like to have more info about mecca cola , to start a bussines in Spain with this product.since years ago the Spanish goverment is claiming for 1000000 of inmigrants to do the kind of jobs the spanish doesnt want.So i have a propusal to start a mecca cola factory in spain and bring as much muslins the factory needs to work on it!……stop coca-cola….lets start solidarity!
on 20 Apr 2003 at 3:31 pm t35t5

4h4th
on 21 Apr 2003 at 4:32 pm bobbo

Freaking Idiots:
Can you hear what you are saying? You hate Bush (who is a freakin idiot) but you are just like him! I am starting my own bussiness in Spain/Bangladesh/Indonesia/Brazil/Pakistan… you are just as freaking greedy as Bush is. This is not about Coca Cola, it’s about you getting rich off of some other poor unsuspecting developing world innocent. YOU are the problem. Not Coca Cola. The Americans taught you well. You wont drink, eat or smoke their poison or traffic in it or profit from it. No, you are better than that you will, you will make your own! You are sad. Freaking idiots.
on 23 Apr 2003 at 12:53 am jahan

to bobbo. i see where your commin from and i totally agree with you on one hand. on the other hand you have to understand that buying non american products can have a huge impact on its economy. more that 70% of products are american and thats one of the reason why America is so powerfull today. even if mecca cola is a money grabbing opportunity (i mean that what all busineses are there for!) this a start to hit america back. is there a better way?
on 28 Apr 2003 at 1:49 pm jamal anwar

I would like to market the Mecca Cola in India. Kindly send the address of the company.
thank you,
thank you for your future co-operation,
with regards,
A. Jamal Anwardeen
email- anwar_nisha@rediffmail.com
on 18 May 2003 at 1:49 pm Imran

I am very happy to know that Mecca Cola is introduced by muslims to boycott american products
and to help the Palestinians.
I would like to know that when it will come to Pakistan? we all here waiting for it anxiously.
on 14 Jun 2003 at 8:41 pm Jim

Look, good people, America is not the root of all evil in the world. America is nothing more than the result of letting people do what they want, whether it be selling soda, drinking soda, volunteering for the army, going to church, or choosing to submit to Allah. Most problems in the world lie not in the “Big Bad America,” but in people’s lack of education and understanding of other nation’s cultures and their own nation’s social and economic standards. The fact is, soda is one of the leading causes of Type 2 Diabetes (Adult Onset Diabetes) in the world. I am not a Muslim, and I am not a Christian, but I do care about people and their health whether they live in New York, Medina, or Haifa. The people of the world need to start taking care of themselves and their children by not drinking ANY kind of soda whatsoever. I think our Creator would agree.
on 22 Jun 2003 at 8:27 am Adam Reyes

First of all, let me enlighten you about the part that Mecca-Cola is doing to bring peace around. They are contributing 10% of their net profits to the Palestinian children, and a further 10% is given to charity in each country that Mecca-Cola is distributed in, to be served for children as well; and to make sure that the money is not used in a wrong way, the amounts are given in supplies as per the requirements (i.e. food supplies, medical supplies, building of schools, etc.)

I do agree that it is partly to boycott American products, but the objective is to make a difference and help in bringing a smile on the face(s) of suffering children around the world.

Mecca-Cola is not targeted towards Muslims and/or Arabs. It’s an international product with the aim to make a difference. So keep your thoughless remarks aside and think; and as the Mecca-Cola motto says, “Don’t drink stupid, drink with commitment”, commitment to making a difference.
on 26 Jun 2003 at 11:55 am ajmal khan

i am fram pakistan
i like to agree with you i am ajmal khan fram swat mingora here in nwfp i registered zamzam cola and take storted zam zam cold drinks for my n w f p pakistani brother and for all over the citizen of pakistan . our company main brach is in( swat ) n.w.fp and deistrebuiet it in to the
province .our pruduct is pure and its includ spiaisl zam zam water.our pepol like it very much
this is our legel right .
i saw you site and wirte you if send us your good opinein we well think full to you
my pohne number is
======= 0092/0936720362/712262/722088
==email sesco1pk@yahoo.com
on 09 Jul 2003 at 2:51 pm Idrees A. Khan

Dear Brother, peace be with you, Congratulations for launching something that challenges the American monopoly, Two years back without Pepsi and coke it was really hard for me to do anything, But since Afghan war I didn?t test a single Drop of these American Drinks, I m a human and It is enough to boycott US Products, I can see the blood of innocent peoples in these Drinks, You don?t need to be a Muslim to feel that, if you have eyes. I don?t use any made in America, except Computer software?s. I don?t use because I know one day my money will become an American or Israeli bullet, and it will kill some weak and unarmed non-American, non-Jew.
So only if you are a human being and Non-American, you should boycott made in USA, but if you are a Moslem, It is your duty to boycott (Only if you have Red Blood in your veins)
I don?t know whether it is good or not but I m putting my URL, please check it to know more About American products http://www.erumindi.cjb.net
PLEASE DON?T MISTAKE US, WE DON?T HATE AMERICANS, BUT THEIR POLICIES
on 21 Jul 2003 at 2:54 pm Khaled

Hi all,

I would like to contact the Mecca-cola to have the dealership in Libya, if anyone can help I’ll be thankful.

Yes we have to stop giving our money to those who kill us, i don’t care to give it to another, it’s just busness, I welcome busness with all except those criminals USA/UK/ISRAEL

BEST wishes
on 06 Sep 2003 at 7:07 pm F Hamzah

We are ready to franchise the whole concept of ZAMZAM Beverage in your country.
Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Zam Zam Franchise Dept.
F. Hamzah
on 10 Dec 2003 at 6:15 pm tha truth

the truth is
nothing is wrong with making money,be it you do so honestly, and without taking advantage of people. (ala cocacola murdering union leaders.) creating a new company DOES make change- in case you didn’t notice- this world revolves around money. the HAVES vs the HAS NOTS.
on 12 Feb 2004 at 3:21 pm I.M.

Maybe Mecca-Cola wont make a big different but maybe it will…

No matter what…I would like to contribute to the world with a little …

So … sell me Mecca Cola .. because I dont want to drink stupid

Ok, health === haha! who are we kidding … half of the freaking world drink coke (if not more) thus … let us at least drink with commitment..

until we are wise enough to stop drinking things that are bad for our health anywayz…

PEACE TO THE WORLD …
on 18 Mar 2004 at 12:33 am Zak Ali

Has anyone in Palestine or any local charities actually received any of the “10% of net profit” which Mecca Cola claims it donates?