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PrintMINNEAPOLIS — A Wisconsin fireworks store has yanked a brand from a Missouri-based manufacturer off its shelves after complaints from a Muslim group.
The fireworks were called "Run Hadji Run." One of the packages showed a cartoon drawing of Uncle Sam yanking the beard of a man dressed in Muslim attire, and the other showed a bomber jet flying over a group of Arab men on camels.
- A group of neighborhood kids and their families from mid-Missouri gathered for a backyard celebration in Prathersville on the Fourth of July.
- Despite brief rain delays, families from around mid-Missouri gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July at Columbia's Fire in the Sky event.
The Muslim group has asked the manufacturer, Red Rhino Fireworks, to remove the product from circulation.
"Hadji" is a title given to Muslims who have completed a pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded their removal after learning the fireworks were for sale at Fireworks City in Baldwin, Wis. They were removed late Friday.
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