(RNS) — Two new children’s books from Muslim authors hit Target’s shelves as part of the retailer’s new Ramadan and Eid holiday collection. The Target online holiday shop for Ramadan and Eid.

When New York City announced in 2015 that it would close its public schools in observance of Islam’s two most sacred holidays, it became the first big-city school district in the U.S. to do so.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and al-Fitr have been added to the NYC public school schedule, calling it "a change that respects the diversity ...

Since 2006, a coalition of labor, faith, and community groups has organized to ask the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to close schools for two Muslim holidays: Eid al-Adha, celebrated ...

She can go to school or celebrate a religious holiday with her family and friends. It’s a choice she wishes Muslim students in Georgia’s largest school district didn’t have to make.

Another Muslim holiday, Eid al-Fitr – a festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan – will become a holiday for those in summer school starting in 2016.

Of course New York should close its schools for Muslim holidays, as it does for Christian and Jewish ones. But it should also make sure that schools teach students of every faith about Islam, as ...

Eid Al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of Ramadan, and Eid Al-Adha, also known as Feast of Sacrifice, follow the Islamic calendar, which means they don’t always fall on school days.

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.

“Our Muslim staff and students should have their important holiday treated the same as other religions,” the petition says. Eleanor, who is 11, said she wants the holy days to be treated with ...

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