What Happens If States Start Codifying Muslim Holidays In Their Calendars?

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What Happens If States Start Codifying Muslim Holidays In Their Calendars?

It’s an important question to ask because doing just that is on California's legislative agenda.

Denice Gary-Pandol | April 2, 2026

Should California codify Islamic religious observances into state-recognized holidays in the United States?

As a nation, the essence of who we are as a People is rooted in our Judeo-Christian values and principles, dating back to the Magna Carta. This shared moral vocabulary has shaped Western thinking since America’s founding. Why, then, would any State in the Union formally endorse or incorporate into our educational and other public institutions a religious doctrine with practices antithetical to the belief system?

AB 2017, introduced by Progressive Democrats Assemblyman Matt Haney and Senator Aisha Wahab, proposes adding Eid al-Fitr (Festival of Breaking the Fast) and Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) to California’s recognized holidays. If enacted, the bill would do the following:

    Authorize public schools and community colleges to close in observance of these holidays
    Expand the list of excused absences statewide
    Establish formal recognition of Islamic religious practices within taxpayer-funded institutions

What must be noted regarding this legislative proposal is the historical foundation in American law and government. What America’s Founding-era figures openly and in writing acknowledged is that our Judeo-Christian moral beliefs, not Islam, influenced the foundation of our system of government and legal system.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

... Wiccan holidays, Hindu holidays, Shinto holidays, Druid holidays, Jewish holidays, Zoroastrian holidays ... I can't wait until Catholic Holy Days of Obligation become paid Federal Holidays, like tomorrow, Good Friday.

We'll fill the calendar so full of religious holidays, there will be no workdays and no schooldays left.

"Identity Politics" is anathematic to secular Government.  Instead of a chosen few being selected as more equal than the rest, everyone needs to be held as equally worthless.

[Free Vulcan]

The thing is that we've wiped all Christian holidays off the map. The progressivists want to bait and switch us with Christmas, which has evolved into a commercial winter solstice holiday way removed from it's original intent. The time off between Christmas and New Years for school is called Winter Break now. Easter and Chanukah aren't even on the table anymore.

So why should Muslim holidays get special treatment? Those are specific religious holidays part of a specific faith. They are not commercial or general in any sense of the word.

[DefiantMassRINO]

How can businesses monetize an Islamic holy month - Ramadan - that requires fasting?

[Kamaji]

How can businesses monetize an Islamic holy month - Ramadan - that requires fasting?

For one thing because it only requires fasting during the day.  At night, there’s plenty to sell them to eat.

[BobfromWB]

For one thing because it only requires fasting during the day.  At night, there’s plenty to sell them to eat.

Ramadan, fast during the day, kill during the night.