Throwing a shoe is offensive `` regardless of the religious practices , '' professor says . For example , in the King James Version of the Old Testament , Psalm 60:8 says : `` Moab is my washpot ; over Edom will I cast out my shoe : Philistia , triumph thou because of me . '' `` 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 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 .