Kites are un-Islamic?

Via Reuters/Yahoo, here's a story about kites. Apparently, kite battles using metal and glass-coated kite string have caused injury and death in Pakistan.

Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi has upped the ante on the use of banned doctored kite string, reclassifying the act as terrorism:

"Action under the Anti-Terrorism Act would be taken in case of deaths due to ... dangerous kite-flying string," he was quoted as saying.

Since it is now terrorism, some groups have rushed to distance themselves from the practice:

Some Islamist groups have staged protests in the past week after newspapers reported several deaths caused by kite-flying, denouncing the activity as un-Islamic.

Would that they were so quick to protest other less serious acts of terrorism, such as beheadings and suicide bombings. And it's an especially good thing that no one published a cartoon of a kite...

with apologies to Natalie Dee.

Update: Gateway Pundit on other banned activities.