This FRIDAY: City Council Hearing Calling for Both Eid’s to be recognized as official holidays!
Published by Haseeb September 25th, 2008 in CAIR, Education, IslamEarlier this year, a New York City councilman and 12 colleagues have sponsored Resolution 1281, calling on the state to require the Department of Education to incorporate the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as observed holidays in the city’s public school calendar [FinalCall News]. There will be a hearing this Friday, September 26, 2008, at 10AM at City Council chambers to pass resolution 1281.
According to a great ground-breaking study published earlier this year by Dr. Louis Cristillo from Columbia University [Religiosity, Education and Civic Belonging: Muslim Youth in New York City Public Schools (download pdf here)], about 10% of the New York City Public School Students are Muslim (Over 100,000 Muslims!). If you are free Friday Morning, and especially if you from New York City and have children/siblings/relatives in the NYC Public School System, please come out to City Hall Friday and support this resolution!
What: Join your fellow parents, teachers and community leaders in urging the New York City Council to Pass Resolution 1281 to make Eid-Ul-Fitr and Eid-Ul-Adha official school holidays in the Department of Education.
Where: City Hall
Directions: Take 4 train to Brooklyn Bridge or A, C, 1 train to Chambers Street. Or trains R,W trains to City Hall
When: Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM
SubhanAllah!
Muslims in New York need to jump on this!