More Quran Desecration

Oh, good glaven, what next?

LOS ANGELES — A Muslim woman who said she ordered a Koran through Amazon.com only to find profanity and religious slurs written inside asked Wednesday for an apology and a full investigation by the online retailer.

Azza Basarudin, 30, said she received the Koran by mail on May 5 after ordering it through a used books division of Amazon.com that allows customers to order directly from third-party sellers approved by the company.

When she opened the Koran, Basarudin said she found profanity and the phrase "Death to all Muslims" written in thick black marker on the otherwise-blank first page.

"I dropped the book because I didn't know what to do," she said at a news conference at the Islamic Center of Southern California.

This is, of course, an unfortunate incident, but for this woman and the Muslim Public Affairs Council to demand an apology from Amazon.com is pretty ridiculous. She bought the Quran used, and Amazon.com obviously had zero contact with the actual book. If anyone should be sacked, it should be the idiot at Bellwether Books, who was stupid enough to buy back a copy of the Quran that had "Death to all Muslims" written in it. Does anyone honestly think that the people at the booksellers wrote it in there? of course not; you're not only inviting trouble, but you're drastically reducing your ability to sell the book, in addition to reducing its resale value.

What I really want to know, though, is what kind of good and faithful Muslim buys a used copy of the Quran?