‘Progress’: How Eid is becoming a US school holiday | Religion News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 20, 2023
Washington, DC – Growing up in the United States, Selaedin Maksut would skip school on Eid to go to the mosque, attend festivities with his family and celebrate one of the most joyous days for Muslims across the world.
While he said he never regretted the decision, he was burdened by having to miss classes.
Now, as the director of the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ . . .
