Best Buy honors Muslim “Sacrifice” holiday with cheap TVs. Conservatives flip out!

In a move to capitalize on appearing inclusive and open minded, Best Buy’s latest Black Friday ad includes a nod to the Muslim holiday Eid-Al-Adha which falls on Friday.

For those of you like me who know nothing of the holiday, Eid al-Adha, also known as the “Festival of Sacrifice” or “Greater Eid”, is a holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God.

Eid al-Adha is the latter of two Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims, whose basis comes from the Quran. ^[1] Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a short prayer followed by a sermon (khuṭba).

Eid al-Adha annually falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja of the lunar Islamic calendar. The festivities last for three days or more depending on the country. Eid al-Adha occurs the day after the pilgrims conducting Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat. It happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan.

You can learn more about the Muslim holiday with all those little links and goodies here.

Best Buy however is seeing some back lash from many consumers who have stated their displeasure with Best Buy for it’s move as well as it’s recently announced decision to no longer use “Merry Christmas” in its flyers.

Conservative watchdog/witch hunt groups such as the American Family Association set their sights on Best Buy back in 2006 after the retailer said it would replace “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays” in its ads.  Despite it’s obvious despicable and un-American behavior, Best Buy claims they haven’t abandoned Patriotic Jesus completely.  “Merry Christmas” can still be found on store gift cards and online.  The AFA has not commented on the latest ad as of yet.

Recently, the AFA called for a boycott of GAP, Inc. for not using Christianity’s favorite word, “Christmas”, in their holiday sales advertisements.  No official statement was made by GAP Inc. in response to the stupidity of AFA’s boycott however days later this “paganistic” commercial, which includes cheerfully choreography references to Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Solstice as well as Christmas, was released.

You can just feel the seething hated toward Christianity and everything that is good and decent in this world.

I don’t know about you folks, but it just makes me sick.  I will never buy a Half-Zip Cable-Knit sweater or Performance Fleece Hoodie from those Satanists again!

Praise White Jesus!