New York Schools to Close for Muslim Holiday for the First Time

Sep 24, 2015, 4:03 AM (GMT+3)

1.1 million children in New York, American’s largest school district, will on Thursday take the day off to mark Eid al-Adha for the first time, reports AFP.

More than 1,800 public schools in New York will close for the Muslim feast of sacrifice, a day after also closing for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.