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The Dunkin’ Donuts chain has decided to pull an online advertisement featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray, after critics argued that a scarf she wore around her neck in the commercial offered inadvertent symbolic support for terrorism.

Dunkin’ Donuts said it removed the commercial over the weekend because of a "misperception" about the scarf, which detracted from its original intent to promote its iced coffee.

They said the black-and-white scarf that Ray wore – which was selected by a stylist for the shoot – had a paisley design, and no symbolism was intended.

Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf appeared to be traditional garb worn by Arab men, and said such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.

On her blog, Malkin said Ray’s decision to wear the scarf was "clueless sporting of a jihadi chic keffiyeh".

"I’m hoping her hate couture choice was spurred more by ignorance than ideology," Malkin wrote last week.

Acknowledging the "keffiyeh kerfuffle" that had since erupted, Malkin attempted to explain her stance further.

"Anti-American fashion designers abroad and at home have mainstreamed and adapted the scarves as generic pro-Palestinian jihad or anti-war statements,” she said.

"Yet many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel’s violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones."

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