{"id":1608,"date":"2015-09-24T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1608-new-york-city-schools-observing-eid-al-adha-holiday-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2015-09-24T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T15:36:33","slug":"new-york-city-schools-observing-eid-al-adha-holiday-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1608-new-york-city-schools-observing-eid-al-adha-holiday-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Schools observing Eid al-Adha holiday for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-size: 9.12px; line-height: 11.856px;\">New York City public schools were scheduled to close Thursday for their first time<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>New York City public schools were scheduled to close Thursday for their first time recognizing the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The district, which serves about 1.1 million students, was due to become the largest school system in the United States to shut down for the observance. 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