Walmart Is Selling an Incredibly Offensive 'Islamic' Halloween Costume

What is up with the so-called "Men's Pashtun Papa Costume"?

By Zaid Jilani

Today is Halloween, and across the nation people will be dressing up in all sorts of creative outfits for festive trick or treating.

The nation's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, is celebrating the holiday by offering an unbelievably offensive costume. Here is the “Men's Papa Costume” which apparently allows you to dress like an Afghan Pashtun man and make a “serious political statement” or just a “parody” in this “Islamic costume.”

As we were writing this Wal-Mart took down the photo and description, which means they may be reconsidering offering the costume, but we grabbed a screenshot, credit to Twitter user @mustafamohammed: 

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Zaid Jilani is the investigative blogger and campaigner for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. He is formerly the senior reporter-blogger for ThinkProgress.

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