CAIR: Minn. Muslims Thank City for New Religious Holidays Policy Edina becomes first Minnesota city not to hold public meetings on Islamic holidays (MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 4/5/2012) The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today sent a letter to the City of Edina on behalf of that state's Muslim community in appreciation of a new policy that acknowledges religious holidays, including the Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. [NOTE: Eid al-Fitr is the holiday marking the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. Eid al-Adha comes at the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.] The city recently added 11 days of Jewish, Islamic and Hindu holidays to the list of dates on which the city will not hold regular public meetings. SEE: Act of Faith: Edina Adds Dates to No-Meetings List (Star Tribune) The resolution was brought to the city last year by the League of Women Voters-Edina. The city unanimously appr...