crs_reports: R45003

Congressional Research Service reports with summaries, authors, and topic classifications.

This data as json

id	title	publish_date	update_date	status	content_type	authors	topics	summary	pdf_url	html_url
R45003	Muslim Holidays: Fact Sheet	2026-03-03T05:00:00Z	2026-03-05T11:37:52Z	Active	Reports	Maya V. Thomas		Islam is one of the three major Abrahamic faiths, alongside Judaism and Christianity. According to the 2020 U.S. Religion Census, the number of followers of Islam in the United States has risen to 4.5 million. Muslims annually observe two major holidays: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. This fact sheet describes the two holidays’ significance and American Muslims’ observance of them and addresses the ways the holidays have been recognized by elected officials. The fact sheet also briefly describes two other widely celebrated Muslim holidays. This fact sheet is designed to assist congressional offices with work related to Islamic holidays. It contains sample speeches and remarks from the Congressional Record, presidential proclamations and remarks, and selected historical and cultural resources. This is part of a series of Congressional Research Service fact sheets on religious holidays in the United States.	https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R45003/R45003.16.pdf	https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R45003.html

Links from other tables