Urban Legend: Sign at a mall in Houston, Texas

This came in our mailbox and, as usual, we checked it against our available resources:
Store Closed to Commemorate the Martyrdom of a 9/11 Terrorist- Fiction!

"Summary of the eRumor:"   This is a forwarded email with an attached photo of a note hung on September 11, 2009 in a store window located in Houston, Texas.  The note in the photo says that the store will be closed to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Ali.   The email says that he was one of the 9/11 terrorists who flew a hijacked jetliner into the 2001 attack of the World Trade Center in New York.

"The Truth:"   The owner of the Perfume Planet store in Houston, Texas told TruthorFiction.com that traditionally their store is closed every year during the observance of the martyrdom of Imam Ali.  Imam Ali was not a 9/11 terrorists or a pilot.    Ali, or Ali Ibn Abi Talib was born in Mecca in 600 AD and died in 661 and was the cousin and son-in-law of the founder of Islam, Mohammed.The day of observance fell on the 21st day of the Muslim Ramadan season which by coincidence landed on September 11, 2009. Here it is at Snopes Store manager Imran Chunawala was stunned because the holiday had nothing to do with 9 /11. Then he realized what happened. This year a key Ramadan Holiday happened to fall on 9/11. "We did not explain enough in the sign because that is the exact same sign we put up every year on this particular day for this particular reason," said Chunawala. He apologized for the confusion and put up a new sign thoroughly explaining the martyr they were honoring died in 661 AD. Given the date of the store's holiday, it is not at all surprising that the sign caused so much confusion and consternation. That said, it seems clear that the store manager meant no disrespect, even though the placing of the sign with such wording at that particular time of the year was certainly ill conceived. Although the initial confusion caused by the sign is certainly understandable, it is hard to imagine how Imam Ali's name was misidentified in the subsequent protest email as one of the 2001 hijackers other than by a deliberate and wilful act of deception.   Emphasis added.