Philadelphia schools add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha holidays to its calendar
Submitted by mohtava on Sun, 07/03/2016 - 12:57
In what would be an even rarer step, Mayor Kenney said Tuesday he also hopes to adopt the holidays for city workers. He has created a task force to determine how the change can be accomplished.
A spokesman from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington said his group is not aware of any cities that have included the holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, in their municipal calendars.