Amazon to remove products offensive to Muslims

Seattle-based Amazon has pulled more than a dozen products off its website after receiving complaints that the items are offensive to Muslims, according to a CNN article.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, asked the online retailer last week to remove the products, which included doormats, bath mats and other items imprinted with Islamic calligraphy, references to the Prophet Muhammad and scripture.

According to CNN, the products, which were being sold by independent merchants on Amazon's website, are deemed offensive because they "would be stepped-on or otherwise disrespected by customers," CAIR said in a statement.

The following day, CAIR issued another statement welcoming Amazon's decision to remove the items from its website and conduct an audit to purge similarly offensive products.

To read CNN’s article, click here.