Happy Eid al-Adha
So did you see this on the Best Buy sales flyer the day before Thanksgiving?
No Happy Thanksgiving or Merry Christmas but they did wish you a Happy Eid al-Adha.
Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, is a Muslim holiday lasting four days. The feast is based on Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son to display his obedience to God. According to the Koran, a voice from heaven stopped Ibrahim, allowing him to sacrifice a ram instead. Part of this celebration includes Muslims slaughtering camels, bulls, sheep in the streets, by cutting their throats and letting the blood run out until they die (Peta, where are you?).
Of course in the past, Best Buy has been one of those retailers that has refused to use or say the word Christmas in any of its advertisement preferring instead to use “Happy Holidays”.
I don’t have a problem with this unless of course I don’t see a “Merry Christmas” on their next sales flyer. If not, Best Buy has seen the last of my business.