RatingA sign taped on the glass of a Perfume Planet store at the Harwin Central Mart in Houston, Texas, caused a great deal of consternation among Americans in mid-September 2009, the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.:
Although the sign was real, its common interpretation was erroneous: None of the 9/11 hijackers was named “Ali,” and the word “Imam” is not a name but rather a title that refers to a Muslim religious leader. The Imamreligious figure, the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, whom Shi’a Muslims regard as the first Imam. of Ramadan and died two days later, so theof Ramadan is a day of special significance, a day for honoring the martyrdom of the Imam Ali.
Store manager Imran Chunawala was stunned [by the reaction] because the holiday had nothing to do with 9/11.It’s a somber and significant holy day for Muslims. This year it coincidentally fell on“We did not explain enough in the sign because that is the same sign we put up every year on this particular day for this particular reason,” said Chunawala.
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