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Many Muslim Americans welcome the recognition and applaud those retailers that are making it easier for them to bring home the cheer that publicly marks some other faiths’ holidays. Ramadan is a month of fasting, increased worship and charity. It’s also often a time for festive gatherings. Ramadan is followed by the Eid al-Fitr holiday. ....
Transcript Suzanne Jaber (SJ): I was looking online, and I saw a cross that was decorated like a Christmas tree, with garlands. And I said, âWhy shouldnât I do that?â The crescent moon and a star is the symbol of Islam. So you went and bought an eight feet board and then I started tracing the crescent moon. I tore apart the tree, and I started putting the branches on that board. Ali Jaber (AJ): It is exactly eight feet. It touched the ceiling, and it looked beautiful. SJ: And then I started receiving all these phone calls that people want a tree like that. ....