You really can't make this stuff up. Well, I guess somebody can, since they did. Apparently the Apple Store in midtown Manhattan, when shuttered for repairs or whatever, is a direct insult to Islam:

On October 10, 2006, an Islamic website posted a message alerting Muslims to what it claims is a new insult to Islam. According to the message, the cube-shaped building which is being constructed in New York City, on Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets in midtown Manhattan, is clearly meant to provoke Muslims. The fact that the building resembles the Ka'ba (see picture below), is called "Apple Mecca," is intended to be open 24 hours a day like the Ka'ba, and moreover, contains bars selling alcoholic beverages, constitutes a blatant insult to Islam. The message urges Muslims to spread this alert, in hope that "Muslims will be able to stop the project."



Although if you look at it without the shutters, I'm scratching my head as to how you can see the connection: