In recent years, more and more school districts have begun to close in observance of Eid holidays. Those school districts include districts such as the Burlington School District in Vermont, which ...

Muslim leaders in Montgomery County are asking county schools officials to give equal billing to an Islamic holiday as it does to Yom Kippur on a school calendar for the 2015-2016 school year.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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.

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 / 10:39 AM EDT ...

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 ...

The City Council passed a resolution in 2009 calling on the city schools system to recognize the holidays, given that an estimated 12 percent of public school kids are Muslim.

Muslim Religion Should Be Law with Islamic Public Holidays, German Politician Says Published Oct 14, 2017 at 2:01 PM EDT ...

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 ...