Here's How to Make Sure Your Business Card is Kept in the Muslim World

Change your name to Mohammed:

Naushad Valiyani was detained on Friday following a complaint by a medical representative who visited the doctor in the city of Hyderabad.

“The arrest was made after the complainant told the police that Valiyani threw his business card, which had his full name, Muhammad Faizan, in a dustbin during a visit to his clinic,” regional police chief Mushtaq Shah told AFP.

“Faizan accused Valiyani of committing blasphemy and asked police to register a case against the doctor.”

Shah said the issue had been resolved after Valiyani, a member of Pakistan’s Ismaili community, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, apologised but local religious leaders intervened and pressed for action.

“Valiyani had assured Faizan that he did not mean to insult the Prophet Mohammed by throwing the visiting card in the dustbin,” Shah said, adding that the police had registered a case under the Blasphemy Act.

This could be a real boon for all kinds of products. Mohammed Corn Flakes, for instance, could never be tossed when the box is empty, thus ensuring a continued advertising presence in the home.  And if you were driving a Chevrolet Mohammed you'd have the roads to yourself.  Nobody would dare get in your way or run into you.