[PETITION] Make Eid a National Holiday

Great, but are you content to allow all other religions national holidays for their religious festivals?

Absolutely not, preferential treatment for one group over others is what leads to tension. If we go down this route, then we will be having special holidays for every single religious event which just isn't possible. As for the people saying this will help to 'ease tensions' between Muslims and non-Muslims, it's these demands for special treatment that are partly responsible for creating tension in the first place. This is not an Islamic country, so Islamic traditions must not take precedence over British traditions.

Why wouldn't I be? I just feel that Islam is more important as there's supposed to be around 2.5 million muslims in the UK compared to around 800,000 hindus. And the seperation between muslims and non-muslims is much more widespread than the seperation between hindus and non-hindus, for example.

The reason I support making Eid a national holiday is clear and individual to Islam itself; whilst supporting the countless other holidays by over, smaller, faiths in the UK would be fair for equality, it would also start to become a nuisance as more faiths would want their holiday a national holiday. Limitting it to the three main faiths in the UK (Christianity, Islam and Hinduism) would probably be the best way to go as these (according to the gov.uk website) are represented by atleast 1% of the UK population (other faiths make up just 2% of the population).

It is to me.
It's unfair to the people they work with leaving them short.
It's unfair to those who don't celebrate it as they have to work and don't get extra days off.
It's unproductive to businesses to allow some of their workforce to F off for a few days.

Why wouldn't I be? I just feel that Islam is more important as there's supposed to be around 2.5 million muslims in the UK compared to around 800,000 hindus. And the seperation between muslims and non-muslims is much more widespread than the seperation between hindus and non-hindus, for example.

The reason I support making Eid a national holiday is clear and individual to Islam itself; whilst supporting the countless other holidays by over, smaller, faiths in the UK would be fair for equality, it would also start to become a nuisance as more faiths would want their holiday a national holiday. Limitting it to the three main faiths in the UK (Christianity, Islam and Hinduism) would probably be the best way to go as these (according to the gov.uk website) are represented by atleast 1% of the UK population (other faiths make up just 2% of the population).

Since when was Christianity British anyway.

You are painfully ignorant. I work for PwC and we allow all Muslims to have the day off on Eid, as one day out of office will mean so little to us but a lot to them. Quite frankly you're a disgrace.


This logic is so retarded lol. What about the Muslims that were born here? They have grown up in this country, and have seen us have the pleasure of having Xmas off and then being denied time off themselves on their holy day? At the very least they should be given the day off without having to take annual leave. There are around 3 million Muslims in the UK and a whole lot less Buddhists, so I don't think you can compare the two.

Are you saying PwC pay Muslim employers one extra days holiday over all non Muslim workers?

I'm saying that we accommodate them so that they all get the day off at least, and a lot of the time they just put the extra 7.5 hours in office over the couple of weeks before and then take the day off. Not so much in our firm as it doesn't apply, but I have friends who at their work Muslims cover for them on Christmas Day (and Boxing Day, so it's only fair they feel that they cover for Muslims on Eid.

That is flexi working practice not a holiday, the petition is for a national holiday which is entered under law.