Royal Oak gun shop halts sale of ‘Muslim” targets

[SecularMotion]

ROYAL OAK — Target Sports is no longer selling a shooting target that depicts a skeleton with a long beard wearing a turban and robe and carrying an AK-47.

The director of a Muslim civil rights groups said he confronted the store owner after he learned about the product in a complaint from a constituent.

“I decided to pay the shop a visit and I saw the target on a wall and purchased two copies,” said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Michigan.

Walid said he then introduced himself to the owner, Ray Jihad, and talked about how the target could incite violence.

http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20130208/NEWS01/130209581/royal-oak-gun-shop-halts-sale-of-muslim-targets

[krispos42]

1. That's a good thing, I think.

I think practicing self-defense shooting on realistic-looking targets is fine but avoiding racial stereotypes should be a no-brainer.

[iiibbb]

2. the owner, Ray Jihad

kind of ironic... or is someone messing with someone.