Empire State Building to Be Lit Up Green in Honor of Islam

[Mike Ellis]

And the grovelling to Islam continues:

Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday

Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday
Oct 10 03:10 PM US/Eastern

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.

An estimated seven million Muslims live in the United States.

In related news, the Empire State Building will be decorated in other schemes to honor other religions as well in the spirt of multicultural joy:

- RASTAFARIANISM: Each year on the anniversary of Bob Marley's death the pinnacle of the building will be wrapped in hemp and set on fire, thus representing the world's largest and holiest Ganja joint.

- DRUIDISM: On the winter solstice, the observation deck and upper floors will be encased in a wicker cage and filled with conservatives, who will then be set on fire to honor Burning Man tradition.

- WICCA: On day of the year, witches are invited to try flying their broomsticks from the observation platform. Their families will be provided souvenir Empire State Building spatulas to scrape up the remains.