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Eid al-Adha News

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16 hrs ago | Sweetness & Light

NYC Schools To Honor Islam On 9/11

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

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Related Topix: Religion, Islam, Life, Holidays, Eid ul-Fitr, New York Metro, New York University

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Free Republic

NY City Council backs closure of schools for Islamic Feast on Sept. 11th

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Eid ul-Fitr

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

N.Y. Muslims push for school holidays

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Education Etc.

Fri Jul 03, 2009

New York Times

Council Votes for Two Muslim School Holidays

Spurred by a broad coalition of religious, labor and immigrant groups, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday to add two of the most important Muslim holy days to the public schools' holiday calendar.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Family, Kids, Life, Holidays, Yom Kippur, New York Metro, Manhattan, NY, New York University

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WCBS

Bloomberg: Schools Won't Close For Muslim Holidays

Jun 30, 2009 2:07 pm US/Eastern ALBANY Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City's schools can't close for Muslim holidays.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, New York, NY

Mon May 18, 2009

Archives General Psychiatry

CORRESPONDENCE: Orf Acquired During Religious Observance

Orf, also known as ecthyma contagiosum, is a cutaneous infection caused by a poxvirus typically transmitted to humans by contact with infected sheep and goats.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Sun Apr 05, 2009

The Peninsula

Arroyo announces holidays for Eid

MANILA: President Arroyo will declare November 27 and 28, 2009 as non-working holidays in celebration of the Eid Al Adha or the 'Feast of Sacrifice,' the culmination of Hajj or the Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Travel, Saudi Arabia Travel, Eduardo Ermita, Religion, Islam

Wed Apr 01, 2009

CBS 11

Court Hears Euless Animal Sacrifices Case

An Iraqi man holds a goat at a market selling sheep, goats and cows to be slaughtered marking the start of the Eid al-Adha or feast of the sacrifice in southeastern Baghdad on December 7, 2008.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Iraq, World News, US News, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Tue Mar 10, 2009

China Daily

Travel tips: what, when and where

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Eid ul-Fitr, World News, China, Asia,

Fri Mar 06, 2009

Bucksfreepress.co.uk

Religious slaughter of lamb at MoD base

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Eid ul-Fitr, Buckinghamshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

Wed Feb 25, 2009

Plainfield PlainTalker

No 2009-10 School Closings for Muslim Holidays

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.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Life, Holidays, Eid ul-Fitr

Fri Feb 13, 2009

Gulf Times

Muslims forbidden from participating in Valentine's Day celebration

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 ...

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Related Topix: Religion, Islam, Life, Holidays, Eid ul-Fitr

Wed Jan 28, 2009

The Dickinsonian

Religious Observance Policy Updated

A policy was instituted last semester to prevent the scheduling of campus-wide events on a list of religious holidays, including but not limited to Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and Eid-al-Adha. The policy also ...

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Related Topix: Yom Kippur

Fri Jan 16, 2009

Gulf Times

Barwa to deliver flats 'as per the contract'

THE Barwa Housing Programme yesterday confirmed that it would deliver the Mesaimeer units to the beneficiaries on February 1, the date stipulated on the contract executed with them.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Qatar, Middle East, World News

Wed Jan 14, 2009

Maktoob Business

Asiacell Donates Over USD 340,000 in Relief Aid to the Iraqi People

In line with its longstanding efforts in fulfilling its corporate social responsibility and positively influencing the lives of the Iraqi people, Asiacell a ' the first and only GSM mobile telecommunications ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Thu Jan 08, 2009

EurasiaNet

Kyrgyzstan: Long Holiday Season Comes to Close

Click the sign in the bottom right corner to switch to a fullscreen view. This year, Bishkek's holiday season stretched for an entire month, extending from the December 8 Muslim festival of Kurbon Ait -- the ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Religion, Orthodox Church

Tue Jan 06, 2009

Arab Times

Consumers up in arms against sudden increase in meat prices

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 5, : Market observers and consumers were surprised by the 20 percent increase in the prices of all types of meat after Eid Al-Adha when demand is supposed to be low, reports Al-Qabas daily.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Sun Jan 04, 2009

South Idaho Press

Egyptian women break new ground at the mosque

Story published at magicvalley.com on Sunday, January 04, 2009 Last modified on Sunday, January 4, 2009 8:45 AM MST In this Jan.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Religion, Islam

Sat Jan 03, 2009

Al Bawaba

Dolly Shaheen defends herself

The new Egyptian cinema film 'Al Mish Muhandis Hasan' participated in 'Eid Al Adha' season competition, starring Egyptian actor Muhammad Rajab and Lebanese artist Dolly Shaheen.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Thu Jan 01, 2009

Today's Zaman

The time of 'Bayrams' and Christmases by Hajrudin Somun*

It happens only once in a generation that the Feast of the Sacrifice, or Kurban Bajram -- -- the name most Balkan Muslims know it by -- -- and Hanukkah fall so close to one another.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Hanukkah, Religion, Orthodox Church, Christmas

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