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 ...

Not so for Muslim holidays. For her, having the day off would symbolize a broader acceptance of Islam. It would convey the message, Seid said, that “they do like us here. They do understand.

Sewanhaka students will have off on both Eid holidays and see them officially recognized on this upcoming school year’s ...

Eid al-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramadan.The issue of closing schools on the holidays is at the heart of the Equality for Eid Coalition — sponsored by the Maryland chapter of the Council of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco's public schools will add two holidays next academic year. The school board voted to close all schools on two of the holiest Muslim days.

Celebrating Eid Ul-Fitr Crowding the council chamber's balcony, scores of Muslim New Yorkers turned out to watch the City Council approve a resolution to include two holidays, Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid ...

Montgomery County officials are considering closing schools for two Muslim holidays next school year. At-large County Councilman George Leventhal asked school leaders in a letter to shut down ...

“More, not less.” Council Member Robert Jackson of Manhattan, who is Muslim, and 12 co-sponsors introduced a resolution this year calling on the state to require that New York City students be given ...

A Monroe-Woodbury High School student is pushing for Muslim holidays to be recognized on his school district's calendar. Zayed Kadir presented a petition to the district in June with more than 200 ...

Advocates say attacks targeting mayoral candidate’s Muslim identity show Islamophobia remains tolerated in US politics.

<p>The Hewlett Woodmere School Board's decision to not add two Muslim holy days to its school calendar has sparked some outrage in the community.</p> News 12 Staff • Jan 23, 2018, 10:29 AM ...