Borders, Waldenbooks Won't Carry Magazine

By Aussiegirl

From the article: "For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority,and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority.... We've just chosen not to carry this particular issue in our stores." The cartoon intifada gains a foothold on our shores.

Borders, Waldenbooks Won't Carry Magazine

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 --

Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries.

"For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority,and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority," Borders Group Inc. spokeswoman Beth Bingham said Wednesday.

"We absolutely respect our customers' right to choose what they wish to read and buy and we support the First Amendment," Bingham said. "And we absolutely support the rights of Free Inquiry to publish the cartoons. We've just chosen not to carry this particular issue in our stores.