New US Postal Stamp (Mega Barf Alert)

[appalachian_dweller]

Read 'em and weep.This one is impossible to believe. Scroll down for the text.

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm 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 USS COLE!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001!

REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp.

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.

REMEMBER to pass this along to every patriotic AMERICAN you know, whether by e-mail or otherwise.

[appalachian_dweller]

Not sure if this is true. Just get an email from a friend. Thought I'd pass it along. Can anyone confirm?

This is my first post. Please be patient with me.

[coloradan]

I can't find announcement of a Muslim stamp in the new releases page here but it wouldn't surprise me if such were planned.

[Jean S]

According to Snopes.com, this is true.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/boycotts/eidstamp.asp

[WilliamWallace1999]

True story, but not that new of a stamp. Check it out on www.snopes.com and search "stamp".


As the USPS describes the stamp:

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.
The word "eid" is roughly equivalent to the English word "celebration" or "festival." The three-day Eid al-Fitr celebrates the end of the month-long fasting of Ramadan; the three-day Eid al-Adha commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael in response to God's command, and it marks the end of Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. In both 2001 and 2002 (by the Gregorian calendar) Eid al-Fitr fell in December, so the USPS issued the Eid stamp to coincide with other entries in their "Holiday Celebrations" series which commemorate holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa) occurring around the same time of year.

The Eid stamp is not a "semi-postal" issue sold for a price higher than the first-class postage rate in order to raise money for a particular cause (as the breast cancer stamp is), and all the revenues from the stamp's sales go to the USPS. In no way will buying this stamp help to fund terrorists (unless they're working for the USPS), so boycotting the Eid stamp is purely a symbolic act.

Should we boycott a stamp commemorating Islamic holidays as "a slap in the face to all those Americans who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors" because some Muslims have perpetrated attacks against Americans, even though not all Muslims are terrorists (or support terrorism, or despise the USA), and America itself is home to millions of Muslims? The President of the United States apparently doesn't think so, as President Bush has extended greetings, issued messages, and participated in commemorations of both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha (even after the September 11 attacks), and the White House web site promotes the Eid stamp as well. If it's appropriate for the President to honor these holidays, it ought to be appropriate for the United States Postal Service and the American public as well. If it's not appropriate for the President to honor these holidays, then Americans should be expressing their dissatisfaction through actions a little stronger than merely boycotting a postage stamp.

[EggsAckley]

I seem to recall this about a year ago. Haven't seen the stamps yet though.

[AgentEcho]

I was just checking SNOPES.COM myself.
Here's the link.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/boycotts/eidstamp.asp

[robertpaulsen]

The Eid stamp was issued September 1, 2001, and 75 million stamps were printed.

It was reissued October 10, 2002, and 35 million more were printed.

[appalachian_dweller]

Like your tag line...LOL!!

[Dialup Llama]

The stamps itself is very strange. The arabic calligraphy looks alot like the crumbling Twin Towers. And of course when you read EID right to left (arabic style) is spell die.

The original date of release was Sept 1, 2001.

[EggsAckley]

ooh...really creepy. Reminds me of those Islam dingbat font things. Is any of it accidental?

[appalachian_dweller]

Then this stamp was designed and issued 10 days before the WTC/Pentagon attacks. Talk about timing. I still think it's in bad taste. I will not buy the stamps...just a matter of priciple.

[appalachian_dweller]

That IS creepy...disturbing to say the least. Thanks for the info

[Dialup Llama]

Azeezaly S. Jaffer, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications for the Postal Service, who will dedicate the stamp (said) "The Eid stamp will help us highlight the business, educational and social contributions of the estimated six to seven million Muslims in this country whose cultural heritage has become an integral part of the fabric of this great nation."

I'll say. I think everyone now is very aware of the contributions of muslims living in this country to the fabric of its history. (Note he did not say Americans but merely described them as muslims located in America)

[Texas_Jarhead]

it's true. the stamp has already been produced.

[steplock]

U.S. Postal System Honors Islam

Postage Stamp Celebrating Muslim Holiday To Be Re-Issued

WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The U.S. Postal Service is pleased to announce that the Eid postage stamp will be re-issued on Oct. 10, 2002, at the current First-Class rate of 37 cents.

A 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 new version will be available beginning Oct. 10 at Washington, D.C. post offices and at post offices across the country starting the following day. Stamp Page

[xm177e2]

Mohammed wishes you a Happy Eid Nacirema!

[riversarewet]

Have you been asleep for the past few years. This stamp is not new.

[appalachian_dweller]

I guess I have been sleeping. This is the first I've heard of it. Guess 9-11-01 woke me up. I must admit I don't sleep as well as I used to. Probably a good thing.

My apologies for the old news.

[Dubya]

Its true. The stamp has been around awhile. I want buy any. The postmaster where I buy most of my stamps was really put out yesterday when I told him my opinion of them.

Good first post. And welcome to FR.
Dub

[NathanR]

Then this stamp was designed and issued 10 days before the WTC/Pentagon attacks. Talk about timing

Very ironic indeed.

However, it was obviously designed months before the attack, when most thought that most Moslems living in the US were OK.