Keeping Up With Philly: Philadelphia will add 2 Islamic holidays to school calender

This is a very progressive action that Philly's School District and Mayor Jim Kenny have taken. It is definitely something worth commending due to the fact that it will create religious and cultural inclusion. The two Islamic holidays the school district will officially recognize are Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated after Ramadan and Eid al-Adha is celebrated at the end of the yearly Hajj Pilgrimage.

Hopefully having off days from school to celebrate these Islamic holidays becomes as normal as having off for Christmas. As a country religious/cultural inclusion is definitely something that needs to be improved upon so kudos to Philadelphia for such remarkable actions.

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