Trashida & Ilhan Omar

It would add Eid Al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan and the four-day-long celebration of Eid Al-Adha to the list of federally recognized holidays, potentially granting reasons for banks, schools, and other businesses to remain closed for five additional days per year.
The women justified their work as making America more inclusive of it’s Muslim-American population and would allow for regular Salah time breaks for school children and workers as well as a designated area in public businesses where Muslims could perform the five daily prayers plus the Friday prayer, unmolested.
The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, is reviewing the legislation and determining if he can get the votes to pass the bill.
However, it appears they are threatening court action if Hoyer should not meet their demands on the grounds of religious discrimination.
It’s easy to say they should have stayed in their Muslim homelands, but that’s not how Mohammedans roll. They are commanded to make the world Islamic, and these two will play their part, come hell or high water.

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