Fears of an anti-Muslim backlash as major festival Eid al-Adha falls on 15th anniversary of 9/11
The Eid al-Adha festival looks set to fall around September 11 this year
But there are fears people will misinterpret event as celebration of attack
Some mosques are stepping up security and others holding events indoors
By JULIAN ROBINSON
DailyMail.com
29 August 2016
Muslim leaders in the US fear people will think they are celebrating 9/11 after it emerged a major festival has the potential to fall on September 11 this year.
According to the lunar calendar that Muslims follow for religious holidays, Eid al-Adha looks set to fall around the 15th anniversary of the 2001 Al Qaeda atrocity which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people.
And as they prepare to mark the ‘feast of sacrifice’ there are concerns among the Muslim community that people will misinterpret the festivities as a celebration of the attacks, which saw terrorists flying hijacked jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
