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Islam scores new wins in the US., as California considers formally recognizing two Islamic holidays.

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**John Bickley** (2:47)
California is causing a stir after advancing a bill to add two new Muslim holidays to the public school calendar. Meanwhile, New York Governor Cathy Hokel is facing backlash after appearing in a hijab at a New York City event just 12 days before the anniversary of September 11th.

**Georgia Howe** (3:04)
Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham is here now with the latest. So, Megan, we've seen a string of controversies lately involving the Democratic Party seeming to court the Islamic vote. To start, tell us about the holidays, and then I want to ask you about Cathy Hokel.

**Megan Basham** (3:19)
Yeah. So, Georgia, this bill to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as official holidays passed the California Assembly 64 to 1, so not close. But there's one provision in it that has been drawing a lot of backlash, and that's because it authorizes public schools to develop curriculum to, quote, acknowledge and celebrate the meaning and importance of these holidays. So, critics are saying that's basically tantamount to encouraging the celebration of the holidays themselves.
So, that bill will head to the State Senate now. It's expected to pass and then it's going to land on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. I think we all know what's going to happen with it at that point. Then Governor Hokel appeared Friday at an event publicized by the Islamic Cultural Center of New York. So, she's wearing that black hijab, as you can see, and the clip exploded over the weekend and you can hear a little bit of it here.

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**Megan Basham** (4:28)
Now, I think that has stirred so much controversy for a couple of reasons. One is the seeming inconsistency of a political leader who built her brand on feminism, now seeming to pander to Muslim men by putting on that hijab. And then the other thing I think, Georgia, is simply the timing and the context of these events. So we are less than two weeks away from the 25th anniversary of 9-11 when more than 3,000 Americans lost their lives in an Islamic terror attack. And she's doing this in New York City. So I think for Hokel to wear the religious trappings of the perpetrators of that attack in the very city where it happened, that's rubbing a lot of people the wrong way, to say the least.