WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – Instead of making flying sounds, a children’s toy plane’s sound effect was an Islamic prayer, according to the president of the Islamic Society of Whatcom County.
It’s an issue several WolVol customers have complained about on Amazon. The toy was a Christmas present given to a Whatcom County 3-year-old.
“We put the batteries in and didn’t get what we expected,” said Bjorn Thorpe, the boy’s uncle. “I do respect other religions, but it’s not the right situation to have it on a children’s toy.”
“This is a prayer you’re supposed to say when you’re performing Hajj,” said Nadeem Israr, president of the Islamic Society of Whatcom County, who explained the sound is a prayer Muslims say during their pilgrimage to Mecca.