Muslim family's complaint over Christian toy giveaway provokes conservative backlash

by Katherine Glover
MinnPost
December 24, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1221/muslim-familys-complaint-over-christian-toy

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As prominent Christian conservatives decry the supposed "war on Christmas" and retailers grapple with whether to say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" to their customers, a small incident at the Mall of America has sparked right-wing attention in such high places as Sean Hannity's website.

When a recent kid's meal at Long John Silver's came with a small coloring notebook bearing Bible verses and the words "Build with Jesus," a Muslim family became upset.

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) wrote a letter to the the franchise owner and the parent company of the restaurant franchise on behalf of the family, earning ridicule and derision from a multitude of right-wing posts and anti-Islam sites.

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