NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 11, 2007
Landmark Lights Up For Muslim Holiday
Empire State Building Will Be Green This Weekend For Eid al-Fitr
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The Empire State Building. (GETTY)
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The joyous "Festival of Fast-Breaking" marks the end of Ramadan, a month of intense spiritual renewal.
This year is the first time the famous skyscraper will be aglow for the Islamic holiday. A spokeswoman for the building's owner says it will be an annual event, in the same tradition of the yearly skyscraper lighting for Christmas and Hanukah.
In Islam, the color green symbolizes a happy occasion and the importance of nature. It will be illuminated from Friday through Sunday.
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- WE have decent god men dieing over there and this is an insult period though some middle ground would be nice you want to light up a skyscraper you better light it up for our young men that are giving thier lives not for some kiss *ss to the moslems that think killing us is funny. This is beyond stupid.
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- And just exacly what do THEY do for us, besides want us dead?
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- Why don''t we just put a RED X so they can bomb our skyscrapers easier next time? I''m all for freedom of religion but I find this rather disturbing since the 9/11 and that NYC was their main target and still is......
If we put a big cross or David''s Star on top I bet their would be protests........so why the Muslim symbol? - Reply to this comment
- So, how long before it won''t be lit for Christmas.
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