With the burgeoning Muslim population in Minnesota, several district schools will now be observing Muslim high holy days. Beginning in the new school year, Eid El-Fitr and Eid El-Adha will be included as official school holidays.

Demographics rules.

Also in Minnesota, a special Quran holds the signature of almost every Minnesota Muslim elected to office. The practice began when Ilhan Omar was elected to Congress in 2016. Imam Asad Zaman, Executive Director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, ordered the “largest Qur’an he could find for her swearing-in ceremony.” Afterward, Zaman arranged for other Muslim officeholders to sign it, and the practice continues.

“Minnesota school districts to oberve Muslim Eid holidays for the first time this year,” by Brooke Anderson, The New Arab, March 1, 2022:

With its small but vibrant Muslim community, Minnesota’s schools have until now not observed Muslim holidays. That will change next school year.

Even with its growing Muslim community, Minnesota’s district schools have until now not officially observed Muslim holidays. That will change starting next school year, when several school districts will recognise Eid El-Fitr and Eid El-Adha as official school holidays.

“Muslims are no longer a tiny minority. In some districts, they represent a large percentage of Muslims,” Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council of American-Muslim Relations-Minnesota, told The New Arab.