[pillut48]

WHEREAS, to promote cultural understanding and integration, the entire Filipino nation should have full opportunity to join their Muslim brother and sisters in the observance and celebration of Eid’l Fitr;

WHEREAS, in order to bring the religious and cultural significance of the Eid’l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary to declare Friday, September 10, 2010 as a regular holiday throughout the country.
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I just ran across this little tidbit on Twitter:
govph: Proclamation No. 26, declaring September 10, 2010 a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr http://bit.ly/9bBvET

Anybody else have any red flags go up?? Like, a whole bunch of red flags??? :-O

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why would a 95% Catholic country do that? Did some Obama advisors land there?

[cmj328]

Hmmm, I would think July 25 (Feast Day of St. James the Apostle and Moor-Slayer, patron of Spain) would be a holiday before Eid Al Fitr.

However, I see this custom was started in 2002.

[AlexW]

Funny...In the two years that I have been here, I have yet to see a Muslim. There are probably more in Detroit then in all of the Philippines.
I am quite surprised to see that the new president even bothers to mention them. I guess it is just a PC thing to appease the few on Jolo Island.

[presently no screen name]

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten.

How weird is that following a declaration of a Muslim holiday?

[Hardraade]

MILF,MNLF and Royalsulu. Big, big mess.

http://www.royalsulu.com/

[knarf]

Is there a Philippine ping list?

Put me on it.

I came across this thread purely by chance, chasing something else.