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Islamic Weekly Services and Annual Holidays
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MEMORANDUM To: Dr. Virginia Foley City of Dalton Board of Education, Georgia, USA From: Dr. Hassan El-Najjar Director of Public Relations Dalton Islamic Center Subject: Islamic weekly religious services and annual holidays Date: December 5, 2005 I’d like to inform you of the Islamic weekly religious services and the two Islamic annual holidays, which may affect Muslim students attending schools of the City of Dalton. The regular Islamic weekly religious services are conducted at the Dalton Islamic Center at 1:00 - 3:00 pm, every Friday. There are also two Islamic religious holidays at the end of the month of Ramadan (Eid Al-Fitr) and at the end of the Haj Pilgrimage (Eid Al-Adha). The services for both of them are conducted in the morning between 8:30 and 10:30, twice a year. Muslim students and Muslim employees would appreciate it if the Board of Education of the City of Dalton recognizes their need to observe these services. More specifically, we would appreciate it if you let Muslim students and employees attend the Friday as well as the two annual holiday services. *** A Call for Employers in the City of Dalton and North West Georgia Muslim employees in the City of Dalton and in the North West Georgia region would appreciate it if employers recognize their need to observe the above mentioned services. The Dalton Islamic Center would appreciate it if employers in the City of Dalton and in the North Georgia region would let Muslim employees attend the Friday as well as the two annual holiday services. For more information or questions, you may contact us at: Phone: 706-226-9841 editor@daltonislamiccenter.org
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