[DTwistedSisterS]

"Praying five times a day is a cornerstone of her Muslim faith."

So is prayer for Christians. Oh, wait, the overwhelmingly majority of Xians in the US are white. Never mind.

[hauerf]

"The reality for many Muslim students in public schools is very difficult,"

Yeah, life is tough all around. Perhaps her family should relocate to one of those idyllic countries with Islamic religious law based governments.

[BigBobber]

She and others got the district to send teachers and administrators to a special Ramadan celebration each fall at local mosques marking the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. The teachers ate lunch there and spoke to parents and students about Islam and how it intersects with the school day, particularly what it feels like to fast during the day while other children eat.

Perhaps one of the topics could be the boy who was flogged to death last year in Iran for breaking his fast.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think I'll throw up.

[rawhide]

Xians

This is the first time I have ever seen that written. I'm sorry, I do not like it. It is worse than that abbreviation of Christmas as 'Xmas'. It takes Christ out of it. His name should always be written out, so the world never forgets.