(RNS) — Two new children’s books from Muslim authors hit Target’s shelves as part of the retailer’s new Ramadan and Eid holiday collection. The Target online holiday shop for Ramadan and Eid.

A petition asking the Wake County Public School System to make the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Fitr a district holiday has already garnered nearly 4,000 signatures in just 10 days.

Ramadan Murabarak! The religious holiday, involving fasting and practiced by Muslims, begins on Sunday. Here's what, when and why the holiday happens.

Here are five things to know about the holiday: 1. Pronounced EED al-UHD-huh, the holiday is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice. It is one of two Eid holidays observed by Muslims.

Muslims try to catch balloons distributed after Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan outside al-Seddik mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 21, 2023.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Broward County School Board may give students and staff a day off to mark a Muslim holiday during the 2022/23 school year.

A Muslim advocacy group is urging the Houston ISD board to recognize the Eid-al-Fitr holiday—one week after the state-appointed board voted to take the Muslim holiday off the 2025-26 calendar ...

Rabat — A far-right Vox proposal led the conservative Popular Party (PP) in Jumilla, southeastern Spain, to ban religious gatherings in public sports centers last week. The move targets Muslim ...

About 25,000 people have responded. About 41% prefer a calendar with the first day of school Wednesday, Aug. 17 for students and the last day Thursday, June 8, with no Muslim holiday.

The world's 1.8 billion Muslim adherents will celebrate Eid al-Adha this week, marking one of Islam's most important holidays. As of 2017, the U.S. is estimated to be home to nearly 3.5 million ...