LONDON (Defecated Press) - In a shock announcement, Royal Mint confirmed that the queen's head will be removed, from coins. In a gesture made to improve interfaith relations, text from the Qu'ran will be used instead.
"Islam is part of our way of life in the UK now," said Marc Rosenbloom from the UK Coinage Manufacturing Association.
"We see this as a good step forward in community relations. Perhaps we could have Lord Krishna on fivers and Jesus on fifties. We won't use prophet Mohammed though, or we'll get OUR heads cut off", laughed Rosenbloom.
The new coins will become legal tender in early 2008. The Muslim Council of Britain described the move as 'top notch, innit?' while a spokesman for the Church of England felt the change was 'as clever as a spastic with Parkinson's becoming an intricate brain surgeon."
