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NEW YORK: Since September 11, 2001 attacks, the Americans Muslims have been under intense security from terrorism fighters, but they have also been getting some more welcome attention from US businesses. They have become a hot new niche market. This year, Hallmark Cards introduced greeting cards celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. The new cards quickly sold out. In 2002, the US Postal Service printed 35 million Eid stamps as part of its holiday celebrations series. This year, it expects to sell 44 million of the royal blue stamps, which feature the Arabic phrase, "Eid Mubarik" (Blessed be your Holiday) Form-hiding gowns for Muslim...

November 24, 2003 Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, November 14, 2003 The ongoing campaign for so-called Reparations rests upon the allegation that that the European civilization in general—and its trans-Atlantic heirs, the founding fathers of the United States in particular—should be taken to task for the fact that they practiced slavery. That is somewhat ironic since the Western civilization is in fact the only civilization in history to have created from within itself a successful movement to condemn and abolish slavery. It is a matter of historical record that other civilizations, and most notably Islamic civilization, have not achieved...

Disbelief and anger greet arrest of devout Muslim Matthew Taylor Saturday November 29, 2003 The Guardian The image of Sajid Badat as an Islamist terrorist was met with disbelief and anger in his home town of Gloucester yesterday. Since the arrest on Thursday morning the authorities have described the man who was arrested as a potential suicide bomber with links to al-Qaida. According to some reports he was planning to blow himself up at a football match or target the royal family or the government's listening centre GCHQ, in Cheltenham. But as forensic specialists continued to scour the house in...