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Article: Burger King Cancels West Bank Franchise; American Muslims Call for End to Worldwide Boycott.
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- PR Newswire
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- August 26, 1999
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In an apparent response to a worldwide Muslim and Arab boycott, Burger King Corporation today announced that it has canceled the contract of a franchise in the occupied West Bank.
On August 5, a coalition of Muslim and Arab organizations* led by American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ), announced an international campaign to boycott Burger King restaurants. The coalition called for the boycott after Burger King ignored Muslim concerns over the opening of a restaurant in a settlement on Palestinian territory occupied by Israel. At a news conference today in the Washington, D.C., coalition representatives called for a lifting of ...