Islamic Holidays

 

Eid al-fitr

The situation that I am addressing is that schools and companies should have a better understanding what Eid is and how it unites muslims. It is also important that this day is seen as a federal public holiday since it is the last day of fasting from ramadan for a total of thirty days and it's a celebration of the fact that the muslims made it through the fasting. It's important to recognize the holiday since it's a huge celebration in the religion and due to that, it should in fact be marked as a holiday and have at least one day off from both schools and jobs. I also wanted to address that religions should be tought more and earlier in school because students don't get very educated on the subject and it's important for people to have an understanding of what Eid and Ramadan involves and what each holiday indicates and how the two holidays are connected so that they can have an insight of the way of living of the people who believe in other religions. 

I would recommend making Eid a public holiday due to it's importance in the religion of Islam and the fact that it's important for other people to have knowledge about what it is and what it's about. According to BBC, the holiday called Eid was first celebrated by the prophet Muhammad with his friends and family when he had just won the battle called Jang-e-Badar. ]Muslims celebrate Eid once the first moon phase has appeared in the sky and it's also considered the last day of their fasting. Since it is their ending of ramadan, they are allowed to have their first day-time meal in thirty days and, for example, they usually celebrate by decorating their houses, dressing up in their best or new clothes, visiting the Mosque or streets for special services, etc. 

Eid al-fitr is also celebrated to thank Allah (god) for helping them through the thirty days of fasting and for helping them during their practice of self control and it's also considered a time of forgiveness and making amends. Meaning that you do something good to show that you are sorry about something.