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By Ernest Disney-Britton

"EID GREETINGS" is a US Postal Service stamp by Muslim American calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya of Arlington, Virginia. It was first issued in the summer of 2001 to commemorate two major Islamic holidays, thus it is known as the "Eid Stamp." Eid is a generic Arabic term that means "holiday" or "festival." This week after finishing up the list: Top 6 Religious Art Shows of 2011, I found this newest version of the Islamic designed stamp, shaped like a Christmas tree and I knew it was an ideal message for closing out 2011: Eid Greetings to you all! Listed below are the other religions art news stories of the past week from our interfaith world.

AOA INTERFAITH NEWS:

• CEO's Year End Message of Art & Faith | By Ernest Britton
• Holy-Days Journeys Planned for 2012 | By Ernest Britton
• Religious Artweek: Dec 25-31, 2011 | By Tahlib
• Merry Christmas, a time for Beginnings | By Ernest Britton

BUDDHIST ART:

• Art: On the Trail of Tintin's Tibet (The Daily Beast | Newsweek)
• Mumbai Artist Sketches the Life of Buddha in 80 Paintings (Hindstan Times)
• Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew's Contemporary Buddhist Paintings (Bangkok Post)

HINDU ART:

• Gulbarga Symposium in India Promotes Fine Arts to Aspiring Young Artists (The Hindu)

ISLAMIC ART:

• America's Dark Age of Islamophobia (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Art Show Displays Similarities Between Christianity and Shia Islam (Pakistan Today)
• Islamic Art in the Middle of Ideological Disputes (Art Media Agency)

JEWISH ART:

• Video: Hanukkah Song by Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert (Comedy Channel)

CHRISTIAN ART:

• Vicar Gavin Tyte Wins ITN's Nativity Factor with Beatbox Entry (BBC News)
• Religious Statues Spray-Painted by NYC Vandals (The Wall Street Journal)
• The Gospel According to Jeffrey Vallance at The Andy Warhol Museum (AOA News)
• America's Carvaggio Fever (AOA News)
• New Music: Napoleon IIIrd – Deck the Halls (The Guardian)
• William Bouguereau and His Religious Works (The Epoch Times)
• How Santa Helps Christians Love Jesus (The Washington Post)
• Christmas Worship Services in Downtown Indianapolis (Around Indy)
• Handel's Messiah at Abyssinian Baptist Church (ABC Religion)

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