[Misc] Should Eid be a bank holiday in the UK?

jonny.rainbow · May 12, 2021

With 5% of the UK population and rising identifying as Muslim, is it time to give serious consideration to adding an additional bank holiday to mark Eid each year?

The date would need to be flexible each year depending on when Eid falls, but making it a bank holiday would allow those wanting to celebrate Eid would not necessarily need to use annual leave to do so.

maltaseagull · May 12, 2021

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maltaseagull · May 12, 2021

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Razzoo · May 12, 2021

Why exclude Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus though? Why only celebrate Islam? I think it would open a can of worms if this was to happen.

KeegansHairPiece · May 12, 2021

maltaseagull said:
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Everyone’s was. :wink:

drew · May 12, 2021

Razzoo said:
Why exclude Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus though? Why only celebrate Islam? I think it would open a can of worms if this was to happen.

I agree. Whilst we have 3 current days linked to Christianity (xmas, Good Friday and Easter Monday), that's really just a legacy. Let's be honest, the vast majority of people that enjoy those holidays don't do so for religious reasons.

Raleigh Chopper · May 12, 2021

Hindus are great for a day off, they have loads, so its a yes from me, all religions plus Christmas, Easter and the rest of the bank holidays.

jonny.rainbow · May 12, 2021

Razzoo said:
Why exclude Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus though? Why only celebrate Islam? I think it would open a can of worms if this was to happen.

https://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/media/39293/1_bsa36_religion.pdf

The size of the British Islamic population is greater at a growing faster rate than the other religions you mention.

KeegansHairPiece · May 12, 2021

drew said:
I agree. Whilst we have 3 current days linked to Christianity (xmas, Good Friday and Easter Monday), that's really just a legacy. Let's be honest, the vast majority of people that enjoy those holidays don't do so for religious reasons.

56% of the UK identify with being Christian, but 10% of those don’t believe in God.

Work that one out. :shrug:

Bry Nylon · May 12, 2021

maltaseagull said:
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Hugo Rune · May 12, 2021

Kick ALL religion out of schools, government and bank holidays. Then it’s fair like France.

More than happy to rename bank holiday days like Christmas that were re-branded by the christians in order to remove the religious bit.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-december-archaeologists-claim-83910.html?amp

Razzoo · May 12, 2021

jonny.rainbow said:
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https://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/media/39293/1_bsa36_religion.pdf

The size of the British Islamic population is greater at a growing faster rate than the other religions you mention.

Ok that's a fair point, however for devout followers of the other large religions I feel it would be a bit insulting to not have the same recognition granted.

Gazwag · May 12, 2021

jonny.rainbow said:
With 5% of the UK population and rising identifying as Muslim, is it time to give serious consideration to adding an additional bank holiday to mark Eid each year?

The date would need to be flexible each year depending on when Eid falls, but making it a bank holiday would allow those wanting to celebrate Eid would not necessarily need to use annual leave to do so.

Holiday entitlement is 5.6 weeks inc Bank Holidays so everybody would lose a day's annual leave to gain an extra bank holiday unless you expecting the economy to lose millions by everybody getting another day off

Comrade Sam · May 12, 2021

Whilst an atheist, I just took my kids out of school for Eid as my wife is Turkish. I joined them for a long lunch and played traditional Eid dinosaur crazy golf and had some kebabs. With a Jewish mother, I have also blagged Jewish holidays off in the past. Any excuse to spend a day with the family. My brother-in-law is a Hindu but I've been told it's taking the piss to have a day off to hang out with him on Hindu holy days. Honestly believe capitalism can still live with everyone having more days paid leave. Just look how in the depths of the current health and economic crises, the rich and powerful can still amass ever increasing wealth and award themselves endless lucrative and superfluous government contracts.

hart's shirt · May 12, 2021

Living in the UAE where pluralism sits alongside Islam as the state religion, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, etc. are working days.

The 2 Eids (Eid Al Adha and Eid Al Fitr) usually result in 3 day holidays for both private and public sector. There are other Islamic holidays in addition.

Private companies can do what they want to do unofficially ad-hoc for celebrants of non-Islamic holidays as some do with Christmas Day in the UAE.

But those are exceptions to prove the rule. Other than that, it's the same rules for everyone regardless.

HastingsSeagull · May 13, 2021

Where is Jedi on the list? I’d have guessed it would be higher than 5% and we could have a lovely day off in early May tagged onto May Day / Jack in the Green festivities for a longer break.

The Wizard · May 13, 2021

maltaseagull said:
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I would like to know who made the decision to block my access to a thread. Democracy lol.

I’m with you on this, happened to me once and I had no idea why, no accountability from the mods, they can just remove you from threads without so much as a PM to confirm why, a bizarre practice, surely the only reason to remove someone from a thread must mean they’ve done something ban worthy otherwise you’re just removing someone from a thread for a different opinion to the general tone.

Herr Tubthumper · May 13, 2021

Razzoo said:
Why exclude Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus though? Why only celebrate Islam? I think it would open a can of worms if this was to happen.

Where will it end?

KeegansHairPiece · May 13, 2021

The Wizard said:
I’m with you on this, happened to me once and I had no idea why, no accountability from the mods, they can just remove you from threads without so much as a PM to confirm why, a bizarre practice, surely the only reason to remove someone from a thread must mean they’ve done something ban worthy otherwise you’re just removing someone from a thread for a different opinion to the general tone.

Only that wasnt the case, the entire thread was closed, no one has access. Probably the same thing happened to you.

KeegansHairPiece · May 13, 2021

Herr Tubthumper said:
Where will it end?

3 day week?

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