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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regional holiday in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Nevertheless, to recognize and accommodate Muslim students, school administrators should place projected dates for Islamic Holidays on the general school calendar.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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All dates subject to revision, Muslim Holidays depend on sightings of the moon.
Muslim holidays are subject to sighting of the moon.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Nomadic herdsmen or village farmers, the Chadian Arabs celebrate Ramadan and other Muslim holidays, but they also sacrifice animals and use charms to protect themselves from evil spirits.
During the holidays and coronation ceremonies of such sultans, Muslim soldiers often did sword dances known as dabus.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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Muslims have just begun the month-long observance of Ramadan, a holiday based on the sighting of the new crescent moon.
The university lists the major Muslim holidays, such as Ramadan, Adha, and the prophet Mohammed's birthday on its calendar with all classes cancelled on those days.
Since the Hijra year is lunar, and hence eleven days shorter than the solar Christian year, Muslim holidays vary from one year to another from the perspective of Christians.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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Both Christians and Muslims have made great strides in officially recognizing each other’s sacred holidays.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Passover and Yom Kippur; Muslims have their holidays.
This holiday season extend your hospitality to Arabs and Muslims that may be on the periphery of your life -- colleagues at work, people in your class, people in the community.
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