Best Buy Ad Mentions Muslim Holiday

FOX News (DC) ^ | November 26, 2009

[Oldeconomybuyer]

A black Friday Best Buy ad is getting blasted this Thanksgiving.

It includes a nod to the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, which is celebrated this weekend.

That has angered some customers, who point out that Best Buy stopped using "Merry Christmas" in its ads in 2006 and replaced it with "Happy Holidays."

Best Buy is trying to curb any controversy saying that this year’s ads will feature several different holidays, including Christmas.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[growingpains]

Time to add Bestbuy to our boycott list!

[Magic Fingers]

J.D. Hayworth mentioned this on his talk show yesterday afternoon. Not a penny of my money will go to those a$$holes.

[proudofthesouth]

I'm not defending BB. In my newspaper this ad was in last Sunday's edition. I carefully looked at their ad in today's and found nothing about this. So they must have gotten a lot of flack over it.

I'm going to carefully read each one of their ads from now on.

[Magic Fingers]

J.D. Hayworth mentioned this on his talk show yesterday afternoon. Not a penny of my money will go to those a$$holes.

[nmh]

Boycott Best Buy!

[Mr. K]

If they do NOT prominently add a “Merry Christmas” I have shopped there for the last time

And I spend over $2000 there each year (I am a computer engineer)

[samtheman]

Guess I’ll be buying that wide-screen TV elsewhere. I was comparing prices. I also compare propaganda.

[wardaddy]

take a look who runs these companies and the ad campaigns...

telling...

[Mr. K]

Contact Information

Customer Service, Web Site, Store and General/Corporate Inquiries

Best Buy Corporate Customer Care

P.O. Box 9312
Minneapolis , MN 55440
1-888-BEST BUY (1-888-237-8289)

Media Inquiries

Best Buy Public Relations Department
Email: NewsCenter@bestbuy.com
Phone: 612-292-NEWS (6397)
After Hours Pager: 612-618-6703

Contact Page

[massmike]

bookmark

[wardaddy]

You and me both...my old flimsy original issue BB card from 15 years ago....shows over 30K in purchases

they better get right

Beck...and now this

[LucyT]

. . . . Because we're news junkies, and need to know these things. (Thanks, mojitojoe.)

EXCERPTED:

"Happy Eid al-Adna, America

"Pagan Holiday Upstages Thanksgiving & Christmas

"Electronics Giant Celebrates Islam

"Is America becoming a Muslim nation? Has the tide of history turned against the Christians and Jews living in the land of the free and the home of the brave? Will Islamic law eventually become the law of the land?

"The answer to all of the above is yes.

"Proof comes with the holiday ads from Best Buy that will be inserted in every leading newspaper throughout the country this Thanksgiving.

"The ad makes scant mention of Thanksgiving, other than to urge people to “Shop Thanksgiving Day”. Best Buy does however; “Wish all Muslims throughout the country a “Happy Eid al-Adna.”

"Best Buy knows business trends and the potential pool of new consumers, especially immigrants who have arrived in the U.S. over the past decade.

"And the most rapidly rising populace is neither black nor Hispanic but rather Muslim.

"This phenomenon got underway in 1965 (Thanks to Ted Kennedy) with the passage of an Immigration Reform Bill that did away with the quota system and opened the gates of America to Third World countries.

"The Islamic population of the U.S., according to the Council on American Islamic Relations, soared from 1.6 million in 1965 to 8 million in 2005. The total number of Muslims in America remains unknown, since census statistics do not include religious affiliation.

"Best Buy is spearheading the trend. The company opted several years ago to make no mention of Christmas in its media advertising, but the electronic giant has no qualms about mentioning Eid al-Adha, which falls on November 27.

"The advertising executives at Best Buy, no doubt, are aware of the injunction from Anjem Choudary, the most notorious Muslim in London: “Whoever wishes someone a Merry Christmas exposes himself to the wrath and anger of Allah."

[snip] http://thelastcrusade.org/2009/11/24/best-buy-makes-us-aware-that-americans-owe-all-to-allah/>

[Mr. K]

Dear BestBuy
I notice there was a cheery “Happy Eid al-Adha” greeting wish in your advertisement over Thanksgiving

This is puzzling since Best Buy removed a similar “Merry Christmas” greeting from it’s ads because it was offensive

I am very offended by this hypocricy

I will post a link to your page on several of the popular bulletin board websites I frequent and see how many others feel this way.

[freeangel]

I dislike Best buy for a number of reasons—just another reason not to stop in ever again.

[FromLori]

Where is Peta's outrage?

[ReformedBeckite]

Another northern based company trying to be politically correct.

[scoobysnak71]

Wife and I agree, we no longer shop at Best Buy.

[ReformedBeckite]

"Best Buy knows business trends and the potential pool of new consumers, especially immigrants who have arrived in the U.S. over the past decade.

Been trying to make a little bit of money on the side selling books online, I've notice a lot of the customers have foriegn names. My gut feeling is they spend their money more wisely then Americans on the necessities of life and have more money left over to spend on things like books, etc.

[Ancient Drive]

I have not shopped at BB for almost 10 yrs now...