- Online petition requesting day off for Eid and Diwali has 119,000 signatures
- Under rules topic has to be debated in parliament once it reaches 100,000
- Would be first non-Christian religious holidays to be marked
- Has angered nationalists who complain St George’s day is ignored
An online petition urging politicians to create a bank holiday for Hindu festival Diwali and Muslim celebration Eid has attracted more than 119,000 signatures and could be debated in the House of Commons.
If applied, it would be the first non-Christian religious holidays in Britain and could lead to calls from other faiths for their events to also be recognised.
As the e-petition has reached 100,000 signatures it has to be considered in parliament under rules set up in 2011.
Categories: Eid, Eid-ul-Adha, Eid-ul-Fitr, Interfaith tolerance, Law and Religion, Public Holidays, Religion, Religious Values, UK