New 2016 U.S. Postal Stamps Include Islamic Holiday Stamp

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has provided a preview of its new stamp designs for 2016, which include a stamp commemorating the Islamic holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
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While Islamic holiday stamps are not new, being first released in 2001, the design for the 2016 stamp is among those revamped for the new year.
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“Featuring a design that evokes centuries of tradition, this stamp commemorates the two most important festivals—or eids—in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha,” the Postal Service outlines in a news release outlining all of its new stamps.
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Not really sure why this is news. These stamps have been around for years and are just being revamped for this year. Stamps celebrating Christianity and Judaism are refreshed periodically as well.
 
Padres1969 said:
Not really sure why this is news. These stamps have been around for years and are just being revamped for this year. Stamps celebrating Christianity and Judaism are refreshed periodically as well.
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I agree. Nothing new.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I agree. Nothing new.
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Me too.

America is a “Christian country” inasmuch as Christians are a majority, not in some kind of Christian-privilege way. (If someday the majority are Muslim, then it will be a “Muslim country” in the aforementioned sense.)
 
Simply put, if you don’t want a “muslim” stamp, don’t buy one.

If there is a lack of interest, they won’t be sold anymore. If sales are good, then they will continue.

The postal service is drowning in red ink, and will do anything to bolster revenue.
 
Saw the Muslim stamps here several years ago.

Didn’t know what they were and got some for my Jewish client when I got some for her, who is on the local Holocaust committee with alot of social contacts.
 
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