Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha Holidays in UAE

When is Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha in UAE?

Eid al Fitr is an important celebration on the global calendar, celebrated around the world. The word literally means, festival of breaking of the fast and marks the end of the month of Ramadan each year. The festival ends the dawn to dusk fasting that is followed by all Muslims around the world during the month of Ramadan. The festival is accompanied by a number of events happening throughout Dubai. More details to come soon. Please note that that dates mentioned are subject to change based on phases of the moon.

The Abu Dhabi Government has announced on its website a list of public holidays for 2014.
Federal ministries, public departments and institutions will be closed on the following holidays:

. July 28, Eid Al Fitr [Updated June 18, 2014] Confirmed here

. October 3, Arafat Day *

. October 4, Eid Al Adha *

Anti-Islam Bus Ads in San Francisco stirs controversy

An Anti-Islam Bus Ads on San Francisco buses shocks the Muslim World.

According to the report from huffingtonpost, the fight over place of Islam in popular culture came roaring back to the forefront of San Francisco public transit recently as a series of anti-Islamic billboards from the American Freedom Defense Initiative began running on Muni buses across the city this week.

After New York City was forced to allow ads from Pamela Geller's American Freedom Defense Initiative by a court order, San Francisco allowed the ads on buses. The ads have been widely condemned by CAIR, the ADL, and the SFJCC.

Photo credit: demotix.com

The ads read as:

"In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel, Defeat Jihad"

Huffingtonpost added, that as a result of the widespread criticism, SFMTA donated all revenue generated from the ads to the city's Human Rights Commission and posted written apologies on the other side of buses that were running the ads.