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Wednesday 23 Dec 2015 - 12:37 Makkah mean time-12-3-1437
Jeddah, (IINA) - Major commercial stores in Saudi Arabia have removed products linked to US Republican Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump for seeking a ban on Muslims entering the US, Arab News reported.
The shops of Centrepoint, Home Centre, City Max and Jarir Bookstore all stated that they removed Trump products in response to questions posted on Twitter about their relationship with the right wing Republican front-runner.
Jarir announced the move in a Twitter response to another user's call for a boycott of Trump’s books.
“Jarir Bookstore sells books by Donald Trump, who is known for making comments offensive to Muslims and Islam. We ask them to please to remove them”, wrote Saudi user Mogatah on Saturday, along with a photo of the Arabic-language edition of Trump's 2009 book “Think Like a Champion”.
“The copies have been removed, we thank you for your comment”, Jarir replied on Monday.
The move continues the backlash against Trump’s business interests in the Middle East, where his brand has grown toxic as a result of his anti-Muslim comments.
It is noteworthy that on December 9, Dubai-based retailer Landmark halted sales of Trump merchandise at its ‘Lifestyle’ stores, which had been selling Trump-branded lamps, mirrors and jewelry boxes in the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, as well as other countries in the Middle East.
On December 10, a Dubai real estate firm building a $6 billion golf complex with Donald Trump has stripped the property of his and his daughter's images, replacing them with generic photos of the project's planned homes.
Trump has also suffered from losing Western companies as well. Macy’s, Serta mattresses, Univision, NASCAR, and NBC have all terminated agreements with Trump since he began his bid for the White House.
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