{"id":2329,"date":"2021-03-15T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:53:04","slug":"cair-pittsburgh-welcomes-recognition-of-eid-al-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/cair-pittsburgh-welcomes-recognition-of-eid-al-fitr\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR Pittsburgh Welcomes Recognition of Eid Al-Fitr"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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(PITTSBURGH, PA, 3\/11\/21)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh), a chapter of the nation\u2019s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision to recognize the Muslim\u00a0holiday\u00a0Eid\u00a0al-Fitr as\u00a0an official\u00a0vacation day\u00a0in the Pittsburgh Public School\u00a0District.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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In response to families’ input, beginning next school year, Eid al-Fitr will be a school vacation day.\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span>Pittsburgh Public\u00a0School District<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>will be\u00a0voting on\u00a0<\/span>March 22<\/span>\u00a0to decide the start and end date of their 2021\/2022 school calendar. Both versions of the proposed calendar to be voted upon, include\u00a0recognition of Eid al-Fitr, as a school vacation day.<\/span><\/p>

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SEE: Public Asked to Decide the First Day of School for the 2021-2022 School Year:<\/span><\/p>

<\/span>https:\/\/www.pghschools.org\/site\/handlers\/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=9389&dataid=17101&FileName=News%20Release%20Public%20Asked%20to%20Decide%20the%20First%20Day%20of%20School%20.pdf<\/a>

In a statement, CAIR Pittsburgh Executive Director Christine Mohamed said:

\u201cWe welcome this decision to recognize Eid al-Fitr within the Pittsburgh Public School’s calendar. It’s a necessary step and we appreciate the school district’s attentiveness to the diversity of its students and families in our community. We hope other school districts, surrounding Pittsburgh follow suit.\u201d<\/p>

BACKGROUNDER:<\/strong><\/p>

Eid al-Fitr (EED-al-FITTER) or \u201cfeast of fast-breaking\u201d holiday comes at the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. During the holiday, Muslims offer public prayers, exchange social visits and seek to strengthen family and community bonds, and greet each other by saying \u201cEid Mubarak\u201d (EED-moo-BAR-ak), meaning \u201cblessed Eid,\u201d and \u201ctaqabbalallah ta\u2019atakum,\u201d or \u201cmay God accept your deeds.\u201d Many communities also held multicultural bazaars and other family activities following communal prayers.<\/p>

Eid al-Fitr is the first of the two major Muslim holidays. The second holiday, Eid al-Adha (EED-al-ODD-ha), comes near the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.

CAIR is America\u2019s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.

La misi\u00f3n de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensi\u00f3n del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.

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CONTACT:<\/strong> CAIR Pittsburgh Executive Director Christine Mohamed, 412-606-3601, cmohamed@cair.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAIR Pittsburgh Welcomes Recognition of Eid Al-Fitr as School Vacation Day (PITTSBURGH, PA, 3\/11\/21)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh), a chapter of the nation\u2019s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision to recognize the Muslim\u00a0holiday\u00a0Eid\u00a0al-Fitr as\u00a0an official\u00a0vacation day\u00a0in the Pittsburgh Public School\u00a0District.\u00a0\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}