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Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 10:00 AM

Two-day Muslim holiday in Nov.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: April 06, 2009
http://newsinfo. inquirer. net/breakingnews /nation/view/ 20090406- 198155/Two- day-Muslim- holiday-in- Nov

MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will declare
Nov. 27 and 28 as national non-working holidays in celebration of a
major Islamic festival, according to Malacañang.

In a press statement released over the weekend, Executive Secretary
Eduardo Ermita said the dates, which fall this year on a Friday and a
Saturday, are in celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of
Sacrifice.

The annual celebration, the exact dates of which are determined by
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, signify the culmination of the
hajj, or the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims
from all over the world.

For Muslims, the hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam, a journey that
every adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their lives if they
are physically and financially able to do so.

In an interview yesterday, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said
President Arroyo would formally make the declaration when she signs
the proclamation on Easter Sunday.

“Eid al-Adha is the second major Islamic festival celebrated by an
estimated 1.6 billion Muslims all over the world, including the 10
million Muslim Filipinos in the country,” Ermita said in the
statement.

The other major Islamic celebration is Eid’l Fitr, which marks the end
of the fasting month of Ramadan. It was celebrated as a national
holiday on Oct. 1 last year.

Republic Act No. 9177 declares Eid al-Adha as a regional holiday in
the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

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