It's Time to Put Muslim Holidays in US Calendars

Al Jazeeran ^ | February 25, 2006 | Jane Jewell

[SJackson]

Jane Jewell

Al-Jazeerah, February 25, 2006

Dear Muslims in America,

May I suggest that it is time you got yourselves established as part of the American Way of Life, and not people of a religion that belongs to ‘them’ and not to ‘us’.

I have been sending the following email to various calendar makers. You may like to do the same and get your holidays included in the 2007 calendars.

I have noticed that many calendars in the USA list the Christian and the Jewish holidays, but not the Muslim ones.

As there are now 8 million Muslims in the USA, exceeding the 6 million Jews, Islam is now the second most popular religion in the USA, after Christianity.

I feel that their holidays should also be included in the yearly calendars.

 Here is the list of Muslim Holidays that could be included on 2007 calendars.

BTW, if you are wondering why the dates of the Muslim Holidays are 10 or 11 days earlier each year, it is because they follow the lunar year, which is about 355 days.

So the dates for 2007 will not work for 2008! 

Look forward to hearing from you.

Jane Jewell,

‘14 friends of Palestine, Marin’, founder.

Jane and Chris Jewell [mailto:jewellcj@jewellfamily.com] 

 

In the Year of the Hejira	Muharram (Islamic New Year)	Mawlid Al-Nabi (Muhammad's Birthday)	Ramadan begins	Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan ends)	Eid Al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice)
A.H. 1423	March 15, 2002	May 24, 2002	Nov. 6, 2002	Dec. 6, 2002	Feb. 12, 2003
A.H. 1424	March 5, 2003	May 14, 2003	Oct. 27, 2003	Nov. 26, 2003	Feb. 2, 2004
A.H. 1425	Feb. 22, 2004	May 2, 2004	Oct. 16, 2004	Nov. 14, 2004	Jan. 21, 2005
A.H. 1426	Feb. 10, 2005	April 21, 2005	Oct. 5, 2005	Nov. 4, 2005	Jan. 10, 2006
A.H. 1427	Jan. 31, 2006	April 11, 2006	Sept. 24, 2006	Oct. 24, 2006	Dec. 31, 2006
A.H. 1428	Jan. 20, 2007	March 31, 2007	Sept. 13, 2007	Oct. 13, 2007	Dec. 20, 2007
A.H. 1429	Jan. 10, 2008	March 20, 2008	Sept. 2, 2008	Oct. 2, 2008	Dec. 9, 2008

 

[Fred Nerks]

I was about to write a post that this was a joke!

This person is for real???

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[ApplegateRanch]

Hey, Al Jay; you don't use our calender, and you can't agree among yourselves on what date is which; or even when a month starts.
You had almost a weeks difference between when Ramadan started or ended, depending on who was asked.

So, if we put your holidays on our calender, we would have to smear each one of them over several days.

Print your own.

[ApplegateRanch]

They left off Thirteen Ducks Eve, and Planet Platoon Day

More important, they left out Soul Cake Tuesday, and Hogswatch Eve.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Thanks. I suspect that the 8 million number is indeed way, way inflated, for political reasons.

Geez, I hope so...

[RobbyS]

We Catholics print our own calenders. We are 25% of the population, but no specificly Catholic holidays are included, except Ash Wednesday, and this is recent.

[RobbyS]

We Catholics print our own calenders. We are 25% of the population, but no specificly Catholic holidays are included, except Ash Wednesday, and this is recent.

[Othniel]

My muscular buttocks!

[B-Chan]

Add Muslim holidays to the calendar? Yeah, let's do that. But first, let's stick a BIG FAT NEEDLE RIGHT IN OUR EYEBALL.

[Stopislamnow]

How about kicking out violent, seditious, troublemaking terrorist supporters who have no allegiance to the country they reside in whatsoever and lie to every dhimmi as it suits them?

Wanting the US to become a Islamic State is thier stated goal, that means overthrowing the government and suspending the constitution. Sounds like sedition to me.

I think the next arab muslim attack on the US will result in a severe decrease in the number of mosques in the US, as well as thier attendees.

[little jeremiah]

There are as many Hindus in the US as Muslims. Do they make demands about holidays? No. Neither should Muslims.

[CyberAnt]

I'll drink to that!

[backslacker]

Thanks for the information

Copied and saved to the hard drive.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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http://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/archief/20010926/teksten/bin.kalender.islamitische.html
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/27/124953.shtml
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/534288/posts

[HiTech RedNeck]

Some notable Jewish holidays -- Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Passover, Hanukkah -- show up often on Gregorian calendars. The reason, non-Jews often send Jewish friends greeting cards for those occasions.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Eid al-Fitr sounds like Adolph Hitler

[goldstategop]

Yeah they want to impose their way life on us. Jews also follow their own calendar but you don't see them trying to make Americans observe Jewish holidays. I've had with the blackmail from the ROP. TM

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Maybe we'll do this when calenders in Islamic countries start including Jewish and Christian holidays.<<<

Dittos.

[devolve]

  NEVER  FORGET

   

[Mila]

I agree with you. No, no, no, a thousand times NO!

[ABN 505]

OUCH! Good one. Who in America cares about their 100 holidays or their 100000 "holy" sites? Geez, they need to be a little less obvious when invading a culture... 1000001, I think Toledo has just been declared a Site.