Muslim sales clerk refuses to touch Christian book as "unclean"

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When George Costanza was eight years old he tried to purchase a copy of
Lady Chatterley¹s Lover at a bookstore in Manhattan. ³Aren¹t you a
little young for dirty books, kid?² asked the clerk. George was
humiliated. The clerk took his money. 

Something similar happened to a grandmother, Mrs. Sally Friday, 69, in
England at a Marks and Spencer bookstore, only it wasn¹t a dirty book
that was in contention. It was First Bible Stories. The clerk said it
was Œunclean.¹ Unclean? Not First Bible Stories! Was the clerk some
kind of a nut? Was her headdress screwed on too tight? Unclean? Not
First Bible Stories!

³It appears that there has been some misunderstanding over what was
said,² suggested a Marks and Spencer spokesman. A source close to the
shop assistant said, ³I think there was some confusion over what the
customer heard.² 

Heard? The word was Œunclean¹ and it was applied to the book grandma
laid on the counter by the cash register. It was First Bible Stories
not Lady Chatterley¹s Lover. And it wasn¹t what grandma had wanted to
hear! To add insult to injury the clerk refused to touch the book.
Another clerk was summoned to handle the sale. Grandma ³felt very
humiliated and immediately left the store.²

The clerk should have been ca****ered or court-martialed or something or
at least made to write one hundred times on the store bulletin board,
³I will respect the human, civil and religious rights of all customers
regardless of race, religion or condition of servitude.² 

Damage control was instantaneous. It had to be‹the clerk was a Muslim.
³There was some misunderstanding over what was said.² ³There was some
confusion over what the customer heard.² Sure, Grandma hadn¹t heard
right. Maybe it was her hearing aid. Should get those batteries checked
every other month. A Marks and Spencer spokesperson said they, ³were
surprised by the Œalleged¹ incident.² Alleged? Isn¹t the customer
always right?

If Marks and Spencer intend to hire more Muslim clerks they should post
a list of things Muslims consider Œunclean¹ next to every cash register
to warn the customers. Of course, if Grandma saw that as an unbeliever,
a Kafir, she was 8th on the list she might never return to Marks and
Spencer. 

But if the book was unclean and Grandma was Œunclean¹ then it was the
clerk that was in jeopardy‹double jeopardy; exposed to two unclean
things! No Muslim should be forced to go through something like that!
No, sir! Marks and Spencer should take steps to make sure this doesn¹t
happen again! 

They should never have given that woman a job waiting on customers. She
should have been stocking shelves‹that¹s what! Well, maybe not stocking
shelves‹there are all those religious books, including First Bible
Stories‹and the Debbie Does Dallas Coloring Book is coming out next
month! Maybe they should have put her in the ****pping room. She could
unload trucks. Yeah! They could get her a weightlifters belt and she
could go to it. It¹s great exercise. Of course, those cartons are
pretty heavy, especially the ones full of Bibles. Oh, oh, that might
not be such a bright idea. Somebody has to open those cartons, unpack
the books. Some of them could be offensive‹unclean! Say! How about a
broom and a dustpan! She could sweep the floor after the deliverymen
get done and then clean the lunchroom‹dispose of the leftover ham
sandwiches and ****k rinds. Oh, oh, ****k rinds! Darn-it, another good
idea shot down! Isn¹t there something this woman can do? How about
patrolling the adult section? She could keep an eye on George Constanza
while he browses through Lady Chatterley¹s Lover and The Illustrated
Life and Times of the Marquis de Sade. What? They might be unclean? How
about security?

³Mission control! We have a problem!

Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of
Britain, was dismayed. ³This appears to be a very regrettable incident
and the Œunclean¹ remark was clearly very offensive and unacceptable,²
he said, ³Many Biblical stories compliment the teachings of the Koran.²
Many? Perhaps. But the Qur¹an is not always complimentary to the Bible.

Qur¹an 5:17 ³Verily they are disbelievers and infidels who say, ŒThe
Messiah, son of Mary, is God.¹²

Qur¹an 5:49 ³And this (He commands): Judge between them by what Allah
has revealed and follow not their (Christian) desires, but beware of
them lest they beguile you, seducing you away from any of that which
Allah hath sent down to you. And if they turn you away (from being
Muslims), be assured that for their crime it is Allah¹s purpose to
smite them. Truly most men are rebellious.²

It would seem Christianity is slightly out of line with the teachings
of Islam. Jizya anyone?

And what about Bunglawala? How complimentary is he to the society in
which he thrives? He says Zionists control the media: BBC programs are
very very pro-Israel. He was much dismayed by the Teddy Bear incident
in Sudan but when asked to condemn the practice of stoning women to
death for adultery he said, ³So you are asking me to condemn my
Prophet.²

Bunglawala on Holocaust Day: ³There have been many further instances of
genocide and mass killings since we vowed Œnever again¹ in response to
the Nazi crimes. Do the innocent killed in those horrific episodes not
equally deserve to be commemorated in a more inclusive and aptly titled
Genocide Memorial Day?² RwandaŠSudanŠIndonesiaŠSaddam¹s mass killings
in IraqŠSulawesiŠ no, he was referring to the Œgenocide¹ in Palestine.

On Salman Rushdie: ³He is pompous, heartless and self-regardingŠHe
drove me closer to my faith.²

Referring to Mrs. Sally Friday, he said, ³We hope Marks and Spencer
will investigate that incident.² What else could he say? I want that
heartless clerk prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law? Hanging is
too good for her? (It is unlikely the clerk insulted Mrs. Friday on her
own hook. No Muslim woman would take such a great responsibility
without the prompting and the knowledge of sup****t in the right places)


But Bunglawala can be tough. Take Omar Bakri Mohammed for instance. ³No
Muslim should shed any tears if he (Omar) was not allowed back in
(England) because he helped to create the climate of angerŠ(but) there
is a danger that it created a precedent.² And no one wants to create a
precedent whereby a Muslim‹any Muslim‹can be sent beyond the Pale.

Now is not the time to stir up the dhimmis‹let sleeping dogs lie, a few
more incidents like the one at Marks and Spencer and some of the
unbelievers may wake with a start and realize their cherished rights
are being stripped away. Fortunately most of them will scarcely notice.
The Caliphate is still years away‹wait till the ground is more
conducive to Muslim demands. Unclean is unclean‹they will have to learn
that‹and the man who will not go against his Prophet even in the
stoning of women will not go against Islam. 

Has anyone asked Bunglawala if he thought First Bible Stories was
unclean and, if he did, which parts? It would make for an interesting
conversation.

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