Why are Muslim holidays suddenly on my calendar and how can I remove them?
In calendar settings, uncheck the box next to the current holiday calendar then subscribe to this calendar with only US Holidays.
https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/holidays/us-holidays-76/
No, Easter is not a recognized American holiday. Neither is Good Friday. both are holidays celebrated by some Americans. Eid al-Fitr is not a recognized American holiday either, but it is celebrated by some Americans also. In New York, schools are not usually closed on Good Friday (they happen to be this year because it falls into Spring recess, but not because it is Good Friday). But they ARE closed on Eid al-Fitr.
The point of razmee's comment was that the Apple Holidays calendar respects the religions of the 5 most often practiced religions in the US. Should it respect more? Perhaps, but certainly not less. Every one of those 5 religions has millions of US Citizens that observe them, and every one of them has members of Congress who practice them. And every one of those holidays directly affects millions of people, and indirectly affects millions more.
The other point is that it is a subscription calendar, which, by definition, cannot be edited by anyone other than the calendar provider. But, as you will learn if you read the thread you posted to, you don't have to use it. You can uncheck it and install any of the hundreds of free subscription calendars available on the Internet, or create your own, either just for you, or to share with people who would find your calendar to their liking. Start with icalshare.com, for example.
gunjaBeans wrote:
Right, and as I stated there is still no simple solution to remove days one does not celebrate.
The horror! The horror!* Since you noticed it in the calendar, presumably it is open. Tap Calendars. Tap the check next to the US Holidays calendar. ALL GONE! NO ONE should ever have to go through such trauma! That is such a complex (not simple) solution that one should receive an award for doing it! Of course, it is simpler than going through a year's worth of holidays and removing every one of them that one does not celebrate. Did you notice that there are not just Muslim holidays, but also Jewish, Hindu and Eastern Rite Christian? I bet you don't celebrate any of them!
*Literary allusion for anyone educated sufficiently to recognize it
Forgive me if these links have already been provided. (See notes below.)
About holiday calendars on iOS and macOS - Apple Support
Use iCloud calendar subscriptions - Apple Support
Note: I have great respect for Apple for including other religions as holidays, considering the issues surrounding immigration here in the United States at this time. But you all are correct. Many are not, "US Holidays". Groundhog Day and Halloween are not holidays! The entire discussion is moot and not likely to be resolved, in my opinion.
For what it's worth, the following link provides the official 2018 United States Federal Holidays, and only one is religious: http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/2018-federal-holidays
What you need is a calendar that shows only American holidays.
Open your iPhone calendar app
Tap calendars at the bottom of the screen
Scroll through all the calendars listed and make sure that none of the “holiday” calendars are listed.
Next tap this link and then tap the subscribe tab after the page opens.
https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/holidays/us-holidays-76/
The description says US Holidays and thats exactly what you want.
The Christians holidays suddenly have been on the apple calendar since September 10, 2002 ish. You can't remove anything from the subscribed calendar but you can go to Show Calendars and un-check the US Holidays box and then they will no long show up on your calendar.
Untick the US Holidays and poof they are gone. Then look for one of the hundreds of thousands of tother subscription calendars out there that meet your needs.
Because it (Eld al-Adha) is not an official US Holiday. If the US would like to make it an official US Holiday the it can be listed with all the US Holidays. I mean some guy just made up Kwanzaa and it got in so it should not be that hard. Also when your Calendar is open, you can just click on Calendar and uncheck US Holidays then create your own Holidays you want to see just like Apple did.
Please read through this thread so you can understand how subscription calendars work. The short answer is you can't modify subscription calendars and this topic was discussed recently ad-nauseum.
These are still holidays that the majority of Americans celebrate, and are often days where government buildings and schools will be closed, hence these are dates that most Americans want to be aware of.
These Muslim ones that have suddenly popped up on the iPhone calendars are not relevant to us on any way so I really see no point in having this info on my phone. I guess this has struck a nerve with some People here who feel the need to minimize our American holidays and traditions for some strange reason.
Simmer down people, it's really not an attack on other cultures or religions that we don't need their special days listed on our calendars and I suspect they feel the same about ours (which is really perfectly ok)!
gunjaBeans wrote:
In this case Apple says, "Modify your definition of US Holidays to include Islamic Holidays."
Apple is expanded it's definition of U.S. Holidays to include ones celebrated by a significant number of U.S. citizens. It seems to me that definition of "U.S. holiday" is "a holiday celebrated by U.S. citizens". So, yes, Muslim holidays are U.S. holidays.
You aren't the first person to claim Apple is "forcing" something on you. They aren't. You have a very easy option, and the complete freedom to change what the calendar shows.
It's already been explained by Lawrence. All you need to do is spend less than 5 minutes changing it. 10 seconds or less to turn the default calendar off, and the rest of the time to find a different subscription calendar you do like.
Your logic doesn't add up. Why does Apple put this holiday on "Calendar - US Holidays". The United States government is the official representative for the United States and declares national holidays, you don't have to observe them, but they are officially declared. Given your logic you would have to list every holiday in the world on the US Holidays calendar, however, someone at Apple decided Eld al-Adha should be added which is about the least official approach to a decision process.
Why don’t you tell Apple: https://Apple.com/feedback
Vetpet wrote:
Why are Muslim holidays suddenly on my calendar and how can I remove them?
Why are there Christians holiday suddenly on my calendar how can I remove them?
I'm not a Christians and wish not see religious holidays on my calendar.
Why are Muslin holidays on my calendar? I am not a Muslin and prefer now to have them on my calendar. How can I remove them?
