Why we don't have vacation when there is a Muslim holiday in America?

Answer 1

Your best bet is to live in America

Answer 2

This is my guess: It has become part of American culture. Since a vast majority (much more than today) of Americans were Christians 100+ years ago, they took that day off as vacation. Since everything was under staffed and hardly anybody did anything on that day anyways, it might have been better for the government to have it as a national holiday and not waste resources.

I do know some people take other holiday's off instead of Christmas. Work on Christmas Day and take off their religious Holiday off instead. Sometimes this is better, since they get double pay for working on a holiday and still get their religious day off.

America does not have vacation for any religious holiday other than Christmas in America. Everything else is Thanksgiving, President's Day, Labor Day, New Year's, etc..

Addendum to jcboyle: I never said church attendance, I talked about religious preference. I am stating that early in American History the percentage of Christians were greater and with the popularity of Christmas growing within American Christians (caused by German Christian immigrants, poems, books, and even the English Monarchy reversing its views and accepting Christmas) it was made into a federal holiday in 1870 already with its secularized and commercialized trees and gift giving.

Answer 3

Well, its usually company policy. What I would do is contact your HR department about getting the Muslim holidays off. However be prepared to work on the American Holidays. I just had an issue where a guy expected to get both Muslim and American (Generally Catholic Holidays) off. Not reallly fair. Do your own thing, but keep consistent.

Answer 4

Just a note on nutwpinut's suggestion that more people went to church 100+ years ago than they do now. The book "The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy" by Roger Finke and Rodney Starke shows the following church attendance figures:

1776......17%
1850......34%
1860......37%
1870......35%
1890......45%
1906......51%
1916......53%
1926......56%
1952......59%
1980......62%
1995......65%

Isn't that interesting for a "religious nation."

Answer 5

I work for a place that honors all holidays for all religions and everyone is off that asks for it. They may not get holiday pay for it. but they do get all holiday pay that we get in the USA

Answer 6

Hello! We are not a Muslim nation.

Answer 7

Who knows, maybe its because the Muslim religion is the minority and most ppl are Christians here.. idk haha