This July 1, 2009 photo shows Moneeb Hassan, 17, posing for a picture in front of his high school, Benjamin N. Cardozo, in New York. Hassan, 17, is one of thousands of Muslim students in the city who must perform a balancing act between his academic and religious obligations during his holidays. But the nation's largest school district hasn't sanctioned official Muslim holidays. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)