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US Muslims prep for Islamic holiday — around 9/11
Humm which day will they pick? And their reaction at the higher level which is what get me a bit on edge...
Yet I say it is their faith and it has holidays so go with it. I understand.
But "IF" they have a choice of dates then pick the one that causes less of the evil that might come forward, so they can enjoy the holidays without headlines that might cause them to have feelings that gatherings like this normally wouldn't come up..
All in All I wish them a great holiday and pray none will have an unenjoyable time... 
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US Muslims prep for Islamic holiday — around 9/11
RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer Rachel Zoll, Ap Religion Writer – Fri Aug 13 9:37 am ET
NEW YORK – The lunar calendar that Muslims follow for religious holidays is creating a potential for misunderstandings or worse in a year when American Muslims are already confronting a spike in assaults on their faith and protests against new mosques.
Could anyone provide a link to one other mosque being protested besides the one near ground ZERO, thanks.
Eid al-Fitr, a joyous holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, this year falls around Sept. 11. Muslim leaders fear that their gatherings for prayer and festivities could be misinterpreted by those unfamiliar with Islam as a celebration of the 2001 terrorist strikes.
The Muslim Public Affairs Council, an advocacy group based in Los Angeles, is contacting law enforcement and the Justice Department civil rights division to alert them to the overlap.
The Islamic Circle of North America, which organizes Muslim Family Days at the Six Flags amusement park in several cities around Eid al-Fitr, this year planned nothing for Saturday, Sept. 11, because of the anniversary. A founder of Muslim Family Day, Tariq Amanullah, worked at the World Trade Center and was killed in the attacks.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights group, is urging mosques to review the group's security guidelines, including clearing brush where people could hide and installing surveillance cameras.
"The issue I can sense brewing on hate sites on the Internet is, `These Muslims are celebrating on September 11,'" said Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for CAIR. "It's getting really scary out there."
So the first poke is tossed out by the head of CAIR.. And they have yet to decide on a date. Now put yourself in this position, as a Muslim.
Might you have some hard feeling by just that remark alone and with the debate over if a mosque/culture center being built so close to ground zero in NYC.
The exact date of Eid al-Fitr this year is not yet known. Muslims follow different authorities on moonsightings and astronomical calculations to decide when a holiday begins. In North America, the eid could fall on Thursday, Sept. 9, Friday, Sept. 10, or Saturday, Sept. 11.
It is one of the two biggest Muslim holidays of the year, often compared to Christmas in its significance and revelry. (The other major holiday is Eid al-Adha, at the end of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.)
Muslims who rarely attend congregational prayer fill mosques to overflowing on Eid al-Fitr. Mosque leaders often rent hotel ballrooms or convention centers to handle the crowds. Families wear their best clothes, exchange gifts, plan special meals with friends and relatives, sometimes decorate their homes inside and out, and organize carnivals for children.
In predominantly Muslim countries, the celebration can last for three days. But because of work and school obligations in the U.S., American Muslims generally attend congregational prayer on the day of the holiday, then continue the festivities over the next weekend or two.
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