Empire State Building to Celebrate Muslim Holiday

On September 11, 2001 the two tallest buildings in NYC were destroyed by Islamic extremists killing thousands of innocent people. Less than six years later the Empire State Building will be lit up green this Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid for the first time in the city’s history! Is there just a wee bit of dhimmitude at play here?? We wonder if pressure has been placed on the City Council by CAIR to get equal time when it comes to lighting up the city’s landmark? What do you think?

New York’s iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said.

“This is the first time that the Empire State Building will be illuminated for Eid, and the lighting will become an annual event in the same tradition of the yearly lightings for Christmas and Hannukah,” according to a statement.

Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month, is expected to be celebrated in New York from Friday, depending on when the new moon is sighted, and the city’s tallest skyscraper will remain green until Sunday.

Built in the early 1930s, the 443-meter-tall (1,454-feet-tall) Empire State Building was first lit up with colored lighting in 1976, when red, white and blue lights were used to mark the American Bicentennial.

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