EID
Coming up soon are the Muslim festivals of Eid al-Fitr* and Eid al-Adha*. The United States Postal Service has a commemorative first-class ‘Forever’ stamp that says “Eidukum Mubarak” (May your Eid be blessed) in Arabic and “Eid Greetings” in English.
I am using these stamps for all my postal mail, as a gesture of solidarity** with Muslim citizens, Muslim immigrants to the United States and Muslim visitors.
*Eid al-Fitr signifies “The Feast of Breaking the Fast” marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting -- and Eid al-Adha comes at the end of the hajj, the annual period of pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
**I believe that ALL religions create more evil than good (with the possible exception of the Religious Society of Friends), so I do not approve of Islam but, importantly, I do not believe that Islam creates more evil than other religions. Nor do I believe that all Muslims embrace every aspect of their religion any more than I believe that all Christians who eat shrimp believe that that sin will doom them to eternity in Hell...
EID
Coming up soon are the Muslim festivals of Eid al-Fitr* and Eid al-Adha*. The United States Postal Service has a commemorative first-class ‘Forever’ stamp that says “Eidukum Mubarak” (May your Eid be blessed) in Arabic and “Eid Greetings” in English.
I am using these stamps for all my postal mail, as a gesture of solidarity** with Muslim citizens, Muslim immigrants to the United States and Muslim visitors.
*Eid al-Fitr signifies “The Feast of Breaking the Fast” marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting -- and Eid al-Adha comes at the end of the hajj, the annual period of pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
**I believe that ALL religions create more evil than good (with the possible exception of the Religious Society of Friends), so I do not approve of Islam but, importantly, I do not believe that Islam creates more evil than other religions. Nor do I believe that all Muslims embrace every aspect of their religion any more than I believe that all Christians who eat shrimp believe that that sin will doom them to eternity in Hell...