The claim

A meme is circulating on social media that shows a photo of a donut with “Arabic writing.” The text claims that Starbucks is now giving out these donuts for free to children and the text calls for “Shakira Law” in America.

Our conclusion

The inscription on the pastry is real, but it is not Arabic, but the ring poem, written in the fantasy language from the fantasy novel “Lord of the Rings” by author JRR Tolkien.

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Source: Snopes

The inscription on the pastry is real, but it is not Arabic, but supposedly Elvish. We know Elvish as the fantasy language of the immortal, pointy-eared elves from the fantasy novel “Lord of the Rings” by author JRR Tolkien.

The inscription on the donut is familiar from the films, it is the famous sentence:
“Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.”

Translated:
“One ring to enslave them, to enslave them all find, drift into darkness and bind forever."

Just the right saying for a donut.

If you eat too many of them, you actually end up with an almost eternal life preserver around your waist. The photo itself is real, but the warning about “Shakira’s Law” in the meme should make you suspicious. Because Shakira is a world-famous singer. What is probably meant is Sharia, the Islamic legal system.

Where does the donut come from?

The featured treat was created in June 2015 by Rosanna Pansino, an American YouTuber, actress, author and singer.

Pansino is one of the highest paid content creators on YouTube and was ranked number one on Forbes' Top Influencers: Food list in 2017. Pansino calls the writing on the donut in your video Elvish. However, the donut is surrounded by glazed letters in Orkish (or more specifically, Black Speech) - a fictional language created by author JRR Tolkien for his Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The meme was posted in the entertainment Facebook group Christians For Michele Bachmann (now deleted), which claimed that these donuts were actually being given away at Starbucks.

Given the internet's love of donuts and Tolkien, it's perhaps unsurprising that this wasn't the first Lord of the Rings donut to make its way across the internet. In April 2014, artist Mirach Ravaia shared her version of the donut HERE

Elvish or Orcish?

The inscription on the sweet pastry is written in the black language of Mordor and written in Tengwar. The inscription is also printed in the chapter The Shadow of the Past .

Gandalf utters these lines in Rivendell at Elrond's council, whereupon the sky darkens. Sauron developed this language for his subjects. For his work he used words from the original Elvish, from various orc languages ​​and from other languages, which he modified so that they fit into the Black Language.

Conclusion

The photo of the donut is real.
However, it is not Arabic, but according to Rosanna Pansino it is Elvish or more precisely: Orcish. The caption in the shared meme is incorrect. The donut has nothing to do with Starbucks or “Shakira Law”.

This fake news is not suitable as a warning about the alleged Islamization. This false news is being misused to stir up fears about a religion. In addition, this false message does not distinguish between billions of people of one religion living peacefully and just a few terrorists.

The countries where Islam is widespread are known for their sweet delicacies, and baked sweet sesame curls have been around there for a long time. Sweet pastry rings are therefore something that unites cultures.

Source: Ring poem , German Tolkien Society eV – Elbi ch, Black Language (Orcish) , Text Generator (Black Speech) , Elben-Donut on Facebook/MordorFirst

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