Eid ul-Fitr News

Big Apple schoolchildren may get the day off to celebrate the religion of the hijackers.

New York City school kids may soon have some extra days off. A resolution supporting the inclusion of two Muslim holy days as school holidays passed nearly unanimously through City Council last month, but the mayor is less than enthused.

The NY Times fails to mention that Eid al-Adha falls on Sunday, September 11 in the year 2016 and Eid al-Fitr will begin at sunset on September 9 and continue to sunset on Friday September 10 in the year 2010.

ABU DHABI // The Ministry of Education has clarified that only private schools that follow the ministry's curriculum will be required to join their state counterparts in delaying the start of the school year until the end of Ramadan.

Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.

State and private schools following the Ministry of Education's curriculum will not start the new term until Sept 23, after the holy month of Ramadan.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City's schools can't close for Muslim holidays.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the news that the Education Committee of the New York City Council has approved two new Muslim holidays, Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha, to be added to the school calendar: On January 14, I testified before this very same committee requesting equal rights for Catholics: Jewish and Islamic religious ...

Only one member of the City Council education committee has voted against a resolution to include two holidays celebrated by Muslims as part of the list of official public school holidays.

Mumbai It's confirmed. Dulha Mil Gaya would be releasing all over on 18th September.

Wed May 6, 2009 5:43am EDT - Afghans look at a domestic pig at Kabul's zoo during the Eid Al-Fitr festival, December 6, 2002 .

Schools will be allowed to close for Islamic holidays in order to improve attendance rates, under new plans.

Sunday, April 12, 2009 A very Happy Easter to our readers, who celebrate this auspicious occasion commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ with special prayers and family gatherings.

The best time to see the Islamic culture of Xinjiang is during the Islamic holidays: Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha , when celebrations take place throughout the cities and countryside.

March 9 and 18 are holidays in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . March 9 is the Maulidid Un-Nabi or birthday of the Prophet Mohammad and is a holiday under Presidential Decree 1083 while March 18, the ...

A LAMB was slaughtered at a south Bucks military base as part of a religious celebration, sparking a Ministry of Defence probe, the Bucks Free Press can reveal.

Eid Al-Fitr is the celebration that comes at the end of Ramadan. Ramadan is a month of fasting, every day from dawn until sunset.

A Muslim holiday that was on the school district calendar for 2008-09 will not appear on the 2009-10 calendar, nor will any other religious holidays.

South Korean military divers take part in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in the capital, Seoul.

What is the Islamic view [concerning the following]: 1. Celebrating this day? 2. Buying from these shops on this day? 3. Selling - " by shop-owners who are not celebrating - " the things which are used as ...