Amazon sells Osama bin Laden's masks as "terrorist costumes" for Halloween

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Move comes after organisation makes Walmart remove racist costumes from its Halloween store. PHOTO: AMAZON

Online retail giant Amazon has been urged by the civil rights organisation American-Arab Anti-Discrimination (ADC) to stop marketing Arab costumes as “terrorist costumes” on its website.
The move came soon after the organisation expressed concern over another Halloween costume carried by US retailer Walmart. The retailer described the costume, which was of a ‘Sheikh’ with a large prosthetic nose as “perfect for an Arab Sheikh”.
Walmart withdraws racist ‘Sheikh’ nose from Halloween store
PHOTO: AMAZON
One of the terrorist costumes sold on the website included a white turban and a full grey beard with elastic. While the other was called a “Terrorist Osama bin Laden mask for party video chat Halloween by Maskshow.”
The online retailer seemed to showcase a variety of masks of Osama bin Laden, including a “latex mask for a dance party.”
ADC National @adctweets
ADC urges Amazon to stop marketing Arab costumes as "terrorist costumes" http://www.adc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Letter-to-Amazon-Re-Anti-Arab-Halloween-Costumes.pdf … @amazon @AmazonHelp
· District of Columbia, USA, United States



PHOTO: AMAZON
Meanwhile, among other items, Amazon also put up a ‘fake dynamite’ and a variety of beards under the description of “terrorist costumes”.
While the price of the white turban and beard varied from $12.82 – $24.38, Osama bin Laden’s costumes went up to as much as $69.20.
PHOTO: AMAZON
Soon after ADC issued a press release regarding Walmart’s controversial costumes, the retailer took down the offensive items from its website. But it was rather late as the it came under heavy criticism on social media for carrying the controversial costumes:
ADC National @adctweets
Breaking: Walmart Discontinues Racist Halloween Costume Sales http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50434/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1333941 …

 
Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/981325/amazon-sells-osama-bin-ladens-masks-as-terrorist-costumes-for-halloween/

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