Posted on 05/18/2005 5:13:52 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
LOS ANGELES - A Muslim woman who said she ordered a Quran through Amazon.com only to find profanity and religious slurs written on its cover page asked Wednesday for an apology and a full investigation by the online retailer.
Azza Basarudin, 30, said that she received the Quran by mail on May 5 after ordering it through a used books division of Amazon.com that allows customers to order directly from third-party sellers approved by the company.
When she opened the Quaran, Barasudin said she found profanity and the phrase "Death to all Muslims" written on the inside page in thick black marker. Basarudin, a graduate student in women's studies at UCLA, said she was overwhelmed by fear similiar to what she felt after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks when her sister and mother were targets of anti-Muslim slurs.
"I dropped the book because I didn't know what to do," she said at a news conference at the Islamic Center of Southern California. "I was paralyzed after 9/11 - I couldn't leave my house for a couple of weeks - and I realized that fear was coming back."
Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, said his orginization wants a public apology and investigation from Amazon.com, as well as the firing of those responsible for mailing the desecrated book. He would also like Amazon.com to fund educational programs that foster religious tolerance.
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
I really get sick of their whining! It seems like they are in the news every day crying about something and demanding an apology, or whatever it is they have been 'wronged' over. The thing that concerns me is that Americans keep giving into them. I wonder if Jesse Jackasson and Vicente Fox are going to be able to handle the competition!!
ROFL and a bah dum bum! You crack me up, LL.
When you buy a used book through Amazon, you are purchasing from an individual, not Amazon. You can sell used and new items similar to Ebay, except there is no bidding.
This is another ridiculous claim.
bump
If only someomen could create a toilet roll station holder for the ko-also-ran.
Hang on to that meter you will be needing that a lot.
Idiot. Amazon should tell Salam that those responsible for marking the book DON'T WORK FOR AMAZON.
Well said.
Wonder what the heck she'd expect if she ordered a used Pamper?
Amazon should create a special section called "Charmin Books" ... titles that are voted by customers as having special flushable qualities.
And a pony.
Heh, heh, heh... My first thought was "Tawana Brawley". Same thing I guess, different angle.
One who is trying to perpetuate a scam. She had to say it was used. If she bought it new, she would have to blame the publisher and/or name said publisher in any future lawsuit. And who would the publisher be? Very likely another Muslim. No. It had to be a used book. For there is no other way to pin this on an eeeevil American-Muslim-hater.
Of twenty “anti-Muslim hate crimes” in 2004 that CAIR describes, at least six are invalid – and further research could likely find problems with the other fourteen instances. ..."
Not even a copy of the original tapes from Sony/Columbia Pictures.
To me, cinema is like a religion of sorts..should I get a story written for me to make me a victim?
There are so many fake hate crimes that I can't help but assume this is fake unless proven otherwise. The two characeristics to look for are 1. Political benefit 2. No serious physical injury. Usually when those two go together, it's a fake hate crime.
I hate to be persnickety, but you spelled that wrong.
It's BULL SHI-ITE.
I don't believe this for a minute.
I'm still trying to figure out why a certain subset gets so upset they get physically ill when someone does something to A FREAKIN' BOOK.
Don't get me wrong. I adore my Riverside Shakespeare, my Dore Bible is the pride of my bookcase, and if I caught anyone defacing my Macaulay, violence would follow quickly and harshly.
But for God's sake, they're JUST BOOKS. The worst thing they can do is fall on my foot, or perhaps harbor silverfish.
Oh, yeah, and the ornately bound ones collect dust that's hell to get out of the binding clasps.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.