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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to one day EID holiday on Birth of Prophet Muhammad. More details
Submitted by Ali Javed – Deadline to sign up by: 06 June 2010 – Signatures: 79
Many Muslims in the UK feel they require a one day EID holiday to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Peace & Blessings be upon him).
Milad-Un-Nabi is also known as EID to all Muslims.
This is done in many countries, Muslim & Non-Muslim: AFRICAN: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Togo. MID-EAST: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Syria, United Arab Emirates/UAE, Yemen. ASIA: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan.
FUTURE DATES FOR MILAD: 1) Tuesday 15th February 2011 2) Saturday 4th February 2012 3) Thursday 24th February 2013
Petition 1: 407 signatures - Tahseen Khalid Petition 2: 282 signatures - Ali Javed Petition 3: 281 signatures - Ali Javed
From previous petitions we got 970 signatures.
For this petiton we need 500 or more to get a holiday.
Ali Javed, the Petition Creator, joined by: