Rachael Ray Does Major Do-Nut with Keffiyeh

Could the whole keffiyeh controversy be part of Dunkin' Donuts ad campaing?

When you are a celebrity cook of Rachael Ray's magnitude, are't you supposed to have a level-headed style advisor?

When you are a fast-food empire of Dunkin' Donuts magnitude, aren't you supposed to hire a stylist to oversee what is your celebrity spokesperson wearing in your ads? It's not that they shot her with a hidden camera!

This being said, could the whole keffiyeh controversy be part of an ad campaign?

Anyway, Rachael Ray has learned that on national TV there are some do-nuts when it comes to fashion, and wearing a traditional Muslim headdress is one of them.

Dunkin’ Donuts pulled the ads featuring a TV culinary maven, Rachael Ray, where she's wearing a traditional Muslim scarf, keffiyeh, more commonly associated with terrorists.

Dunkin' Donuts received tons of complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that Ray wore in the ad "offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism."

Rachael Ray's ad for iced coffee was pulled because "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee," the AP said.

One of the biggest critics of the ad was the ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, who suggested there should be a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.

In her column, Malkin explained the symbolism of the keffiyeh, the scarf which Rachael Ray wears in the ad, and the way it was made popular out of ignorance or intentionally.

"The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not so ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities and left-wing icons," Malkin wrote.

Malkin also accused other celebrities such as Collin Farrell, Mary Kate Olsen, or Kanye West, of wearing “hate couture.”

Thing is, keffieyehs have become a very trendy item of clothing lately. Most of the people who wear keffiyehs have no intention to make a political statement. But if you are a star, watch out what you wear - some people can be really sensitive about it.

And if Rachael Ray thinks she looks cute in black and white, why not pick a smart liberty print or zebra print? - Oh wait, PETA would hate it!