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Re: Empire State Green for Eid.
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As usual you’re not only offensive, but also wrong; the country I live in has an official religion which is Christianity
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How was I wrong? I wasn't making any statements about your country, which you haven't even identified.
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Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday
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NEW YORK (AFP) — New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said.
"This is the first time that the Empire State Building will be illuminated for Eid, and the lighting will become an annual event in the same tradition of the yearly lightings for Christmas and Hannukah," according to a statement.
Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month, is expected to be celebrated in New York from Friday, depending on when the new moon is sighted, and the city's tallest skyscraper will remain green until Sunday.
Built in the early 1930s, the 443-meter-tall (1,454-feet-tall) Empire State Building was first lit up with colored lighting in 1976, when red, white and blue lights were used to mark the American Bicentennial.
An estimated seven million Muslims live in the United States.
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Why green?
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Why would anyone of us be embarrassed at the treatment of non-Muslims in Muslim countries?
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Non-Muslims are allowed in Saudi now?
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Non-Muslims are allowed in Saudi now?
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They've been in Saudi for decades.
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As usual you’re not only offensive, but also wrong; the country I live in has an official religion which is Christianity
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Where do you live? In any case, it doesn't really matter because the Empire State Building is located in the US, which has no official religion. So, even if you lived in England, which does have an "official" church, the situation is not analogous.
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Re: Empire State Green for Eid.
a picture of it:
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10-13-2007, 04:25 PM
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Re: Empire State Green for Eid.
i heard that about the prophet's favorite color too, but dunno for sure.
and wasnt flag of islam during the time of the prophet (saw) green?
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The fact they are doing this is fantastic because Eid Al-Fitr isn't recognised as as a holiday in the USA.
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anyway, yeah alhamdulilah, it's great
and actually i've seen Eid Al-Fitr labled in some calendars and planners i have 
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They've been getting hate mail for it...
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i heard that about the prophet's favorite color too, but dunno for sure.
and wasnt flag of islam during the time of the prophet (saw) green?
anyway, yeah alhamdulilah, it's great
and actually i've seen Eid Al-Fitr labled in some calendars and planners i have |
That may be so but its not an Official holiday..yet.
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Cool...i know there are many good hearted people who are rallying for it to be official, alhamdulillah!!
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Re: Empire State Green for Eid.
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Where do you live? In any case, it doesn't really matter because the Empire State Building is located in the US, which has no official religion.
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Well you certainly are a valuable source of information; I have frequently wondered where the Empire State building is located
Now perhaps you will help me yet again: Do Muslim countries carry out similar things to mark Christmas and if so what? |
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Well you certainly are a valuable source of information; I have frequently wondered where the Empire State building is located
Now perhaps you will help me yet again: Do Muslim countries carry out similar things to mark Christmas and if so what?
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Christmas recognized in Indonesia as national holiday, where their constitution stresses belief in one God (the God of Abraham for Muslims and Christians). It is a secular country where Muslims and Christians fought togehtor against the Dutch colonialist. In Malaysia where the offical religion is Islam, Christmas is also acknowledged as well as the Hindu and Buddhist holidays of its minority population. I think Albania and Bosnia recognizes xmas. |
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Christmas recognized in Indonesia as national holiday, where their constitution stresses belief in one God (the God of Abraham for Muslims and Christians). It is a secular country where Muslims and Christians fought togehtor against the Dutch colonialist. In Malaysia where the offical religion is Islam, Christmas is also acknowledged as well as the Hindu and Buddhist holidays of its minority population. I think Albania and Bosnia recognizes xmas.
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