Eid Uber Alles
By Hamza Zakariya
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha To Be California State Holidays
Leave it to the clowns in Sacramento to turn a simple question of school calendars into another master class in selective pandering. Assembly Bill 2017, rammed through with the eager backing of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Assemblymember Matt Haney, aims to make Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha official state holidays. Schools could slam shut, kids get free excused absences, state workers pocket the day off, and every classroom in the state gets nudged toward “educational activities” on the Islamic observances—whether your family gives a damn or not.
This isn’t about letting kids miss school for grandma’s funeral or a genuine religious obligation. California already has that covered with excused absences for sincere beliefs. No one’s forcing Muslim families to choose between faith and truancy. AB 2017 is pure symbolism—a shiny trophy for one pressure group at the expense of everyone else’s common sense.
The numbers make the hypocrisy laughable. California’s Jewish population dwarfs its Muslim one—roughly double, by solid estimates. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur aren’t some niche observances; they’re the beating heart of Jewish religious life, days of atonement and community that have carried the faith through hell and high water. Yet crickets from the equity warriors. Especially rich timing, with antisemitic garbage spiking and Jewish schools and synagogues beefing up security. If this is about demographics or “inclusion,” the math doesn’t add up. It’s selective favoritism, plain and simple.
Multiculturism: California’s One-Way Thoroughfare
This is textbook leftist pandering, greased by the red-green alliance—the cozy hookup between identity-obsessed progressives and Islamist advocates who know exactly which buttons to push. The left loves nothing more than lecturing the rest of us about diversity while kicking traditional American norms to the curb. CAIR and company demand accommodations here that they’d never extend in reverse. Try floating Christmas closures or Yom Kippur state holidays in any of the Muslim-majority spots overseas.
Good luck with that.
Multiculturalism California-style is a one-way street: bend over backward, get called bigot if you push back, and never expect the same courtesy in return.
The multicultural fantasy has always been a mirage. It preaches endless tolerance but ignores the asymmetry. California’s Christian-rooted holidays—like Christmas—aren’t some dusty sectarian leftovers. They grew out of the Western, Judeo-Christian soil that built this state: its laws, its calendar, its public rhythms. Over time they have become broadly cultural, giving most folks a shared breather regardless of personal belief. They’re the organic baseline, not some unfair perk. Diluting or subordinating that heritage to every new demand doesn’t create pluralism. It erodes the cultural glue that lets real diversity function.
The Assembly has already rubber-stamped this thing 64-1, proving how deeply the fix is in. Now it’s trudging through the Senate Education and Appropriations committees, with fresh amendments and a floor vote likely on the horizon.
Taxpayers, parents, and local school boards should be paying attention—the Sacramento freight train rarely slows down once it gets rolling.
This Bill Should Die
Nobody is saying that Muslim families can’t observe their holidays. They can and should. But turning public institutions into vehicles for official religious elevation, complete with curriculum nudges, crosses into territory government has no business entering. Local districts already juggle these issues through bargaining and common sense. Statewide mandates just invite more costs, more chaos, and more endless claims from the next group with a good lobbyist.
Sacramento’s identity-politics crowd never misses a chance to thump the DEI drum, yet here they are, stone deaf to Jewish concerns and the broader heritage that shaped California. The red-green alliance knows how this game works: progressives get to feel virtuous, advocates get their wins, and the rest of us get higher taxes, disrupted schools, and the quiet sense that some faiths are more equal than others.
Kill this bill. Californians deserve straight talk and equal rules, not another round of multicultural theater that only runs in one direction. Real pluralism means neutrality under the law, reciprocity where it counts, and respect for the culture that actually built this place—not its slow-motion surrender.
Unbelievable that we have elected these politicians to run California. Enough. Let’s all ban together and stop this madness.
Really? Another holiday for another special interest or religious observation or denomination or ….. when does this end? Pretty soon we will have a two day work week and 3 day special interest week. Let’s tell our legislators no more!