Posted on 09/22/2008 1:46:47 PM PDT by knighthawk
AMSTERDAM, 23/09/08 - At least two Amsterdam secondary schools with a Christian basis are to close during the Sugar Feast to accede to their Muslim pupils. Various other schools are also doing so, Reformatorisch Dagblad newspaper reported yesterday.
The Calvijn met Junior College in Amsterdam and the Huygens College, also in the capital, are both closing for the Sugar Feast. The Islamic festival marks the end of the Ramadan month of fasting and falls on or around 1 October this year.
The Calvijn met Junior College is closing for two days, and the Huygens College for one. Both are VMBO schools - the lowest level of secondary education - and although they are Christian, their pupils are virtually all immigrants.
The Party for Freedom (PVV) wants clarification from Education Minister Ronald Plasterk in the Lower House today. "This really cannot be allowed," in the view of PVV MP Martin Bosma. "The Netherlands is no Muslim country and will never become one either. We must never give in to the pressure of this ideology, which wants to take over the Netherlands bit by bit."
According to a spokesman for the Amarantis Education Group, under which both schools fall, the free day does not clash with its Christian principles. Various other schools throughout the Netherlands also ensure that their pupils are free on Sugar Feast day, according to Reformatorisch Dagblad.
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Fear of being blown up if they don’t close.
If it were not for accurate history being available, you would never know that Europe was once the ally of freedom and democracy.
Bye bye, Netherlands. It was good knowing’ ye.
I think we all need to face the fact that Europe is done for. It’s just a question of time.
eh. I have to admit, although there are some deep cultural issues at play - both in Western Europe AND the United States - I have to admit when I was going to school I'd gladly have taken a 'free day' off for whatever excuse anyone conjured up. Vladimir Lenin Day? Sure - why not? Pol Pot's birthday - sign me up for that one too...
I joke, but free days off from school aside -- Western Civilization needs to stand up for their Christian Heritage. I.e., They have to believe in, and take a stand for, The Truth... If not they (we) will be be destroyed.
Ask the muslims schools if they would ever close down out of respect to any christian holidays.
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