Posted on 07/02/2009 3:33:51 PM PDT by JohnKSmith
Will the New York City school system be compelled to commemorate Islam on Sept. 11?
It has been widely reported the New York City Council passed a resolution Tuesday recommending the school system shut down to commemorate two of the most important Muslim holidays, however the reports did not note the holidays fall on Sept. 11 in some years....
Islamic holidays are set based on the lunar calendar, meaning the dates corresponding to the Gregorian calendar change each year. As first noticed by Andrew Walden, publisher and editor of the Hawaii Free Press Eid al-Adha falls on Sept. 11 in the year 2016, according to the accepted Umm al-Qura calendar.
Eid al-Fitr, meanwhile, will begin at sunset Sept. 9 and continue to sunset Sept. 10 next year. The dates, though, depend on the official citing of the new crescent moon as certified by the Saudi "hilal committee," which at times has shifted holidays by one or two days, meaning Eid-al-Fitr could technically also be celebrated on Sept. 11 in 2010....
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/862/NY-City-Council-backs-closure-of-schools-for-Islamic-Feast-on-Sept-11th.aspx
Well we are predominantly an Islamic nation so whats the problem.
Hope they honor Islam by serving BBQ or Ham sandwiches........MMMMMMMM Delicious Pulled Pork Sandwiches.....
But they don’t celebrate the Christian holidays any more...so the only religious holidays observed will be Muslim?
Yeah, and a couple of nice cold beers too.
The day that 9/11 becomes a joyous holiday in NYC is the day that we’re clearly at ludicrous speed in insanity.
DOOODE, we are already there!
BTTT
Time to pull your kids out of N.Y. government schools it sounds like to me!
Bingo
Destroy Christianity.
Promote Insanity.
I will NOT become a Muzlem or a Dhimmi. Cut off my head if you must, and I shall scream the name of my God as you do.
What a frakin joke....
Good point! Sue, sue, and sue again!
Bloomberg already said no.
http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2009/07/ny-bloomberg-schools-cant-observe.html
NY is gone. I can’t wait to escape from the asylum.
Have a plane with a festiive banner spraying aerosolized pork rinds over the event..
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