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=== United States ===

[[Image:Mohammed Zakariya postage stamp.jpg|125px|right|thumb|Eid Stamp 2001]]

The [[U.S. Postal Service]] issued a 34 [[cent]] stamp on the [[1 Sep]] [[2001]] at the annual [[Islamic Society of North America]]'s convention in [[Des Plaines]], [[Illinois|Ill]]. It features [[gold]] [[Arab language|Arabic]] [[calligraphy]] on a [[lapis]] background that commemorates two of the most important muslim festivals: [[Eid ul-Fitr]], marking the end of the month-long fast of [[Ramadan]] and [[Eid al-Adha]], at the end of the pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. During the festival, Muslims wish each other "Eid mubarak," the phrase featured on the stamp. "[[Eid Mubarak]]" translates into [[English language|English]] 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. This stamp was designed by the [[Islamic calligraphy|Islamic calligrapher]] [[Mohammed Zakariya]].<ref>[http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_054.htm USPS: Eid Stamp Part of Holiday Celebrations Series] (retrieved 15 June 2007)</ref>

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