Throwing a shoe is offensive `` regardless of the religious practices , '' professor says . `` The bottom line is a shoe is dirt , '' says CNN Iraq producer Bush . Some Iranian celebrated when a reporter threw his shoe at President Mohammed Tawfeeq in end of the day . Psalm One offers evidence shoe throwing is an ancient insult .
Throwing a shoe is offensive `` regardless of the religious practices , '' professor says . `` The bottom line is a shoe is dirt , '' says CNN Iraq producer Mohammed Tawfeeq . Some Iraqis celebrated when a reporter threw his shoe at President Bush in 2008 . Psalm 60:8 offers evidence shoe throwing is an ancient insult .