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| Summary: An email is circulating
throughout the Internet to boycott a US Postal Service stamp honoring the
Islamic holiday Eid because of the recent terrorist attacks on the US carried
out my Muslims |
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| Boycotts of items associated with a
primary boycott target, but not the boycott item itself, are known as shadow
boycotts. This boycott is clearly a shadow boycott since Muslim terrorists are
not producing or selling these stamps - The U.S. Postal Service is. |
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 The 34-cent Eid
stamp was first issued on Sept. 1, 2001, at the annual Islamic Society of North
America's convention in Des Plaines, Ill. The initial release of this stamp
predated and therefore had nothing to do with the September 11 terrorist attack
on the World Trade Center. The U.S. Postal Service released the current
First-Class 34-cent Eid stamp on Oct. 10, 2002.
The
Eid stamp commemorates the two most important festivals-or Eids in the Islamic
calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. On these days, Muslims wish each other
"Eid mubarak," the phrase featured in Islamic calligraphy on the stamp. "Eid
mubarak" translates literally as "blessed festival," and can be paraphrased as
"May your religious holiday be blessed." This phrase can be applied to both Eid
al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Designed by Mohammed
Zakariya of Arlington, Va., the stamp features the Arabic phrase "Eid mubarak"
in gold calligraphy on a blue background. English text on the stamps reads "EID
GREETINGS."
The Eid stamp joined the Hanukkah and
Kwanzaa stamps, which were also re-issued on Oct. 10, 2002. |
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| Original email: |
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Date: 2/20/03 3:32 PM
RE: BOYCOTT this US
Postal stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office.
REMEMBER
the MUSLIM bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing
of the World Trade Center in 1993.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the
Marine Barracks in Lebanon.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the
military Barracks in Saudi Arabia.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the
American Embassies in Africa.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the US
COLE.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11/01.
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Pentagon on 9/11/01.
REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks.
Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the MUSLIMS
with a commemorative first class postage stamp.
I strongly urge you to
REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your
stamps at the post office.
To use this stamp would be a slap in the
face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp
honors.
I also strongly urge you to pass this along to every Patriotic
American you know, whether by e-mail or otherwise.
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| Source websites and articles: |
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| US Postal Service
Press Release |
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| Cincinnati
Enquirer |
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| Click Here
for another Boycott Watch article on this topic |
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