I AM DECIDING FOR NEW CALENDAR : NEW JERUSALEM RUSS OR NEW MUSLIMS ???

I AM NOT LIKE MUSLIM FAN BUT NOT RUSS'S EITHER .
Any suggestion ??





[link to news.yahoo.com]

US Muslims prep for Islamic holiday — around 9/11
By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer Rachel Zoll, Ap Religion Writer
Fri Aug 13, 9:37 am ET

NEW YORK – The lunar calendar that Muslims follow for religious holidays is creating a potential for misunderstandings or worse in a year when American Muslims are already confronting a spike in assaults on their faith and protests against new mosques.

Eid al-Fitr, a joyous holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, this year falls around Sept. 11. Muslim leaders fear that their gatherings for prayer and festivities could be misinterpreted by those unfamiliar with Islam as a celebration of the 2001 terrorist strikes.

The Muslim Public Affairs Council, an advocacy group based in Los Angeles, is contacting law enforcement and the Justice Department civil rights division to alert them to the overlap.

The Islamic Circle of North America, which organizes Muslim Family Days at the Six Flags amusement park in several cities around Eid al-Fitr, this year planned nothing for Saturday, Sept. 11, because of the anniversary. A founder of Muslim Family Day, Tariq Amanullah, worked at the World Trade Center and was killed in the attacks.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights group, is urging mosques to review the group's security guidelines, including clearing brush where people could hide and installing surveillance cameras.