To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Muslims can stick their holidays. I not only don't recognize them, but don't g.a.s. about them to boot.
To: Bars4Bill
In Saudi some of us Westerners used to greet each other during this holiday with "EID me".
Funny part about all of this is the holidays are generally set by the Hegra calendar. It's based on lunar cycles. The Muslim holidays move back about two weeks every year on our calender. The start and end of Ramadan are set by several factors, the biggest one being that the correct phase of the Moon has to be seen by two "righteous men". The rub comes if the holy cities are overcast. The start dates are then delayed, until it clears. The point is you can't schedule the holiday in advance, even next year's start date is up in the air until it happens.
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