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Persuasive Speech For School Day

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Thank you for your dedication to providing an excellent education system for all students in District 203. Your hard work has made the district have very high rankings and be one of the best districts in the state. As a student at Naperville Central High School, I understand that all school days are important and that they all count towards our grades. In spite of that, many Muslim students have no choice but to miss school due to an Islamic holiday called Eid. Therefore, there should be a day off on the only religious holiday that is celebrated by Muslims.

Eid is a religious holiday that is celebrated by Muslims; it occurs two times in a year. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated to mark the end of the fasting month, the month in which the Muslim holy book, the Quran, was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Another Eid occurs a few months later which is called, Eid al-Adha. This Eid is important to Muslims because it commemorates the willingness of Prophet Abraham to follow God’s command to sacrifice his son.

According to the Equality for Eid Coalition from CNN, there are currently thousands of Muslim staff and students that have to choose between their education and observing their religious practices. They either skip school, with an excused absence, to celebrate both Eids, or they skip their religious observances to attend school. Naperville has a current population of 147,122 citizens, of which 6.65% are Muslims, yet most have to debate whether or not they should

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