DETROIT -- A Thanksgiving ad by Best Buy that wished readers a Happy Eid upset some critics, but pleased American Muslims.
Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday, happened to fall this year on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest times of the year for retailers.
In the ad, Best Buy says to "Shop Thanksgiving Day at BestBuy.com," according to a copy posted on Crunch Gear.
Right above in smaller print, it says "Happy Eid al-Adha."
Some conservative blogs are angry over the ad, with a few calling for a boycott of the electronics retailer.
"I'll ... be spending my Christmas money elsewhere," said a writer on RightPundits.com.
On Web forums at Best Buy's Web site, some protested the ad.
"Clearly the liberal/PC culture in your corporate offices is biased against Christians and traditional American values," wrote one poster.
It was signed, "A proud patriotic Christian American."
Muslim-Americans welcomed the ad, seeing it as a sign they are increasingly part of the American fabric.
"Thanksgiving and Eid al-Adha are now sharing the same spiritual and social space," Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement Tuesday.
In a statement, spokesperson Erin Gunderson defended the ad, saying, "Best Buy's customers and employees around the world represent a variety of faiths and denominations."
"We respect that diversity and choose to greet our customers and employees in ways that reflect their traditions.
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