Bucar first noticed the trend of Muslim-friendly products around 2017. That year, a Pew Research Center survey found that U.S. adults had warmer feelings toward Muslims compared with 2014, though ...

De Blasio said the change means that Muslim families won't be forced to choose between observing the holidays and sending their kids to school. "They want to celebrate their holiday but they also ...

When New York City announced in 2015 that it would close its public schools in observance of Islam’s two most sacred holidays, it became the first big-city school district in the U.S. to do so.

Muslim Americans want schools to recognize Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr as official holidays Some school districts already observe one or both of the holidays Efforts in other areas%2C including ...

More schools close for these Muslim holidays by: Amaarah DeCuir Senior Professorial Lecturer in Education, American University, The Conversation, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: May 2, 2022 / 01:40 PM EDT ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and al-Fitr have been added to the NYC public school schedule, calling it "a change that respects the diversity ...

New York City public schools will now observe two Muslim holidays, officials announced Wednesday, making the district – the nation’s biggest – one of the few to put Islamic holy days on its ...

Worshippers attend the Eid al-Fitr prayers in Amman, Jordan in July 2015. Muslim advocates in the US are appealing to public schools to add Islamic holidays to the calendar.

Although Montgomery officials say students who miss classes for Muslim holidays receive excused absences and that teachers are encouraged not to give tests on those days, Muslim community leaders ...

“We believe that incorporating Muslim school holidays is an educational opportunity,” the executive director of the Arab-American Association of New York said last week. She’s right.

But as the issue was considered last week, school leaders noted that Islamic holidays will fall on non-school days in 2014. Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, will be celebrated in July.