(National-UAE) A group of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would recognise Eid Al Adha and Eid Al Fitr as public holidays in the US.
But its pathway to passage is challenging in the Republican-majority House and Democratic-majority Senate, because “as of right now, we do not have any Senate or Republican co-sponsors,” the office of the bill’s lead sponsor, Andre Carson, told the National on Tuesday.
“Muslim Americans are part of the fabric of our country,” Mr Carson said in a statement introducing the legislation, calling it “a chance to promote inclusion and tolerance of all people and all religions — the bedrock of our American values.”
