[PETITION] Make Eid a National Holiday

Its the price of multiculturalism

And even if it was on the same day, it's an idiotic idea anyway.

umm no it's not because many schools give muslim kids a day of for Eid which affects the teaching plan for the remaining students so it would be better if all the kids got at least a day off so it doesn't affect teaching etc. but anyways as i said Eid is never on the same day so we can't make it a holiday...

As someone in this thread has already pointed out, this is the so called 'price' of multiculturalism. If we want to be a multicultural and tolerant society, we need to commit to it much more! Having a national holiday for Eid is one of many ways in which this can be achieved

To be honest, muslims just really need to abandon their backward, intolerant and hate-provoking religion when they settle here.

Christians didn't when they settled here, so why should Muslims be expected to?

Because we should learn from our past not continue to make them.

They should get the day off without having to use up their annual leave. Its their religious festival why should they have to go to work on that day. My uncles always have to go to work on Eid and its not fair

Personally I don't think religious holidays should be observed officially; over 50% of the country is now non-religious so it's not fair to them to give those who are religious (regardless of their particular faith) special preference.

Don't compare this to race, gender, or sexuality, in case you were thinking of doing so - you can choose your religion, unlike the three attributes I listed.

Completely agree

In a previous post I make the point that we should be making all holidays secular as this would resolve the issues we currently have

Making more religious holidays should be a NO-NO

I'd consider keeping holidays like Christmas because at this point it's getting divorced from its religious origins (though it goes back a long, long way, predating Christianity in all but name) and is simply an excuse for family time. It's also widely celebrated.

No. Nothing should be done to normalise Islam in this country.

If anything we should be changing the religious holiday to secular ones but as they part of the history of the country I understand why it is the way it is.

I'd consider keeping holidays like Christmas because at this point it's getting divorced from its religious origins (though it goes back a long, long way, predating Christianity in all but name) and is simply an excuse for family time. It's also widely celebrated.

Yeah and Christmas has become more secular now. There's nothing in the Bible that mentions Christmas and it's celebration.

The day Christmas is celebrated roughly corresponds with the Solstice; it's believed that when missionaries came over, they placed Christmas on that date to convince the pagans to join them. It's a lot harder to convert someone if you tell them they can't have their festivals any more.

Oh thanks very interesting.So it has nothing to do with Jesus' birthday? Just a way of getting pagans to convert. How lovely.

Its inevitable that the host culture will be changed by the incoming cultures

Signed - and now lets hope for the best