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| U.S. Postal Service issues Eid-ul-fitr Stamp! |
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| SA |
| 11/14/00 at 09:06:26 |
| assalaamu alaikum wr wb alhamdulillah, after quite a few years, it's finally come to pass! too bad it won't be available til next Eid-ul-Fitr, tho...has anyone seen it? on C-SPAN? i dunno, i guess i'm so excited abt this, not b/c of the stamp per se, but b/c it shows that with a little effort, perserverance & UNITY, the Muslim ummah can get things done around here...by Allah's grace, of course. ----------------------------------------------- USPS Debuts Eid Stamp Copyright: http://www.iviews.com Published Monday November 13, 2000 By iviews.com staff report The U.S. postal service today debuted a stamp featuring the Eid al Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the 30-day fast of Ramadan. According to USPS officials, the Eid ul-Fitr 34-cent stamp will be released to the public in October 2001. The announcement came after nearly a decade-long campaign spearheaded by Dearborn Muslims to see a stamp celebrating their religious holiday. Muslim communities in San Francisco, California and Fairfield, Ohio later joined the campaign and encouraged Muslim children to write the U.S. Postmaster. The postal service reportedly received "hundreds of letters" requesting the stamp. The stamp will feature the Arabic phrase "Eid Mubarak" written in gold calligraphy against a blue background. Eid Mubarak translates as "blessed festival," and can be paraphrased, "May your holiday be blessed." The Eid stamp, along with others to be released in 2001, was featured at Monday morning on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" program. The call-in program was broadcasted from the Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum. Eid ul-Fitr is the first of the two major Muslim holidays. The second holiday comes at the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Demographers say Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in this country and around the world. There are an estimated 6 million Muslims in America and some 1.2 billion worldwide. The postal service issued stamps celebrating the Jewish holiday Hanukkah in 1996 and the African American holiday of Kwanzaa in 1997. Express your |
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| Arsalan |
| 11/14/00 at 11:55:15 |
| Wa'alaikum assalam wr wb, Is this the stamp that was being pushed by Kabbani? Where can I see an image of the stamp? |
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| Saleema |
| 11/14/00 at 14:37:14 |
| Assalamoalykum, Isn't Kabbani a bad guy? The one that brother Kashif always posts stuff about? I remember back in 9th grade, Aminah Assilmi (i hope that's how you spell her name) came to Houston and at the end of her talk she encouraged us to write in support of these stamps. Wow. Things sure do take time to get done eh? But i'm glad it finally happened. wassalam |
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| SA |
| 11/14/00 at 16:30:41 |
| Assalaamu alaikum wr wb Hmnn...I have no idea about Kabbani's involvement, but I do know Aminah Assilmi and many others have a done a lot over the years to make this happen, alhamdulillah. I guess this is to *incite* us to get more involved, esp. at the local gov't level. A lot of things have changed from a few *unified* ppl, masha'Allah. Albeit, US nat'l foreign policy hasn't changed much since the occupation of Palestine, but the local level holds a lot for us, and insha'Allah enough us will realize this to change larger issues. I have personally never seen this stamp, was actually wondering if anyone else has, or if anyone caught the C-SPAN segment on this. |
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| jannah |
| 11/14/00 at 17:06:59 |
| I've seen it, it's just a nice eid mubarak in gold on a blue background. It's on the us postal service page but I don't think they're selling it yet. |
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| destined |
| 11/14/00 at 19:05:11 |
| slm, here's the pic http://stamps.about.com/library/us/2001/bluseid.htm |
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| SA |
| 11/15/00 at 10:35:13 |
| JazaakAllahu khairan for the stamp site. I think it's lovely, m'A. |
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| jannah |
| 11/16/00 at 18:16:16 |
| Malika Madina Citizen Posts: 74 RE: Postage stamp for the Eid Date posted: 11/16/00 at 11:57:28 IP: 207.239.45.10 Assalamu Alaikum Have you seen the stamp they propose to release in commeration of our Holidays! Alhumdulliah! It is scheduled for release in October 2001 InshaAllah. |
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