Hate Message

Reuters reported A Muslim group on Wednesday demanded a public apology from online bookseller Amazon.com for its part in delivering a used copy of the Koran with the words "Death to all Muslims" scrawled across the inside cover. Los Angeles graduate student Azza Basarudin, who ordered a used copy of the holy book through Amazon.com from a third-party, said that when she discovered the message "I actually dropped the book."

I hope it did not hit the ground. I understand that is considered desecrating the Koran.

If she was upset at the "Hate Speech" written in the inside cover, I recommend she not read the Koran, because it is filled with "Hate Speech"

"I was taken back to after Sept. 11 and my fear of even leaving my apartment," Basarudin told a news conference.

The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) said Basarudin brought the matter to them about two weeks ago. The Council contacted Amazon.com who have apologized to Basarudin, refunded her money, sent out a new copy of the Koran and issued her a gift certificate. Amazon said it had also suspended Pennsylvania-based Bellwether Books, which packaged and mailed the Koran in question, from selling the Koran and had asked for an internal investigation.

But the MPAC said it wanted Amazon to issue a public apology and condemnation and establish a zero-tolerance policy toward sellers and employees.

That is stupid. Mose Zero Tolerance policies reflect Zero Intelligence, but despite that, it was not an Amazon employee that wrote it, or even a Bellwether Book employee, and it is stupid to expect a Used Book Store to go through every page of a used book to see if it has something someone might find offensive.

"It is important for business leaders to come out with a zero tolerance policy. Amazon has a responsibility to make a public apology and condemnation," said spokeswoman Edina Lekovic. Lekovic said the desecrated Koran was part of a "cult of hate that may exist and may be on the rise."

MPAC demands Contact Amazon.com to request that the online bookseller take decisive steps to resolve this case and ensure it is not repeated, including:

1. Publicly condemn such desecration of a sacred text with hateful speech targeting Muslims,

   Will MPAC first publicly condem hateful speech and violence by Muslims

2. Terminate relations with Bellwether Books, the third-party seller that delivered the desecrated Quran to Ms. Basarudin,

   That is stupid. If she wanted a new book, Amazon sells them too.

3. Support and fund educational programs that foster religious tolerance.

   Will MPAC support and fund educational programs that foster religious tolerance BY MUSLIMS

   Charles Johnson blogged Yes, let’s have a full investigation, and find out who wrote those slurs. By all means, investigate the bookseller. But don’t forget to investigate this LA grad student shill for MPAC too; after all, it’s not unheard-of for victims of “hate crimes” to fabricate evidence. Azza Basarudin is a supporter of the “Iraqi resistance.”
   
   Arthur Chrenkoff blogged Thank God the dropping was accidental; if it was deliberate, Basarudin could have been prosecuted in Pakistan. I don't approve of sacrilege or desecration directed against Christianity, Islam or any other religion, and people who write "Death to all Muslims" have obviously been visited by the stupidity fairy –and deserve our scorn - but to turn some anonymous ignoramus' sribblings into a cause celebre and to speak in this context of a "cult of hate" is a sad example of rhetorical inflation at a time when another "cult of hate" that definitely exists and has been on the rise over the last few decades is flying passenger airplanes into skyscrapers, beheading hostages, and killing women and children with car bombs.