Posted on 07/18/2010 6:46:22 AM PDT by Hawk720
No tests will be scheduled in the county's public schools on two Muslim holidays this year: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Local Muslim leaders have been requesting the change for two years, arguing that students who practice Islam and are granted excused absences on those days shouldn't have to miss exams.
School officials finally complied in the calendar for next year, acknowledging that it makes sense in light of the growing number of Muslim students.
"We don't collect information on religions, but we do know, obviously, that the Muslim religion is growing in the western part of the county," said Teresa Tudor, director of school and family partnerships for county schools. "You can see that when you go to the schools."
Other religions are also acknowledged in the school calendar, most notably through the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter, which annually are included in the winter and spring breaks. And about five years ago the schools began closing for two major Jewish holidays: Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, and Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.
But no Muslim holidays have appeared on the school calendar - until now.
Eid al-Fitr (Sept. 10) is a celebration at the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, and Eid al-Adha (Nov. 17) is a day of sacrifice honoring the prophet Abraham, who was willing to sacrifice his son at God's request. On both, Muslims pray and give to charity.
No tests will be scheduled on either holiday in the schools this year, and no sports games will be scheduled on the previous evenings, since - like the Jewish holidays - both begin at sundown, Tudor said.
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It’s a cult...not a religion.
The left has been battling Christmas and Easter or Good friday holidays. Seperation of church and state.
“Other religions are also acknowledged in the school calendar, most notably through the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter, which annually are included in the winter and spring breaks.”
They are not ‘acknowledged’ if you are calling them “winter and spring breaks”, in an obvious avoidance of using those other forbidden terms.
However, we all recognize that Islam is different... (sarc/off)
If they want their Holiday then the Muzzies should go back to Muzzieland.
ML/NJ
Bump!
I’m sure this goes for Methodists, Baptists, Jews, Catholics, Budists and any other religion. How about all the other cults that are out there that are like the muslims?
“They are not ‘acknowledged’ if you are calling them “winter and spring breaks”, in an obvious avoidance of using those other forbidden terms.”
Well, to be fair, this particular county school district does call them “Christmas/Winter Break” and “Easter/Spring Break”.
www.aacps.org
Cuidado! Cuidado! Look what has happened in Britain and France.
When they start killing large numbers of of innocent Americans, the government will respect their holidays too. Simple.
***Well, to be fair, this particular county school district does call them “Christmas/Winter Break” and “Easter/Spring Break”.***
Most combine Christmas and New years as people will be gone anyway during that time.
And Spring Break is often no where near Easter. Besides, Easter always falls on Sunday when NO SCHOOL is open.
This is pure defference to the muzzies and should not meet LIBERAL constitutional muster.
Now, if each religion had a holiday once a week or more how would that cut up the school year!
It figures. Maryland FREAK state.
Why do muzzies go to school anyway?
Their mullas (code for stupidest of the stupid) will tell them all they need to know (according to the 6th century, anyway).
It is a political cult that wants to make the whole world Muslim followers of a blood drenched false prophet. If they kept to themselves and didn’t try to conquer others I wouldn’t give them a second thought same as I don’t give other backward idiots much thought.
Won’t be long before we have other muslim honorifics.....
The Commemorative IED stamp...
The Mohammed Monument across from the black-on-white house...
The Tomb of the Unknown Bomber...
and NASA Muslim Contribution Day - where crazed nutballs
shoot AK47’s up in celebration - never expecting bullets
to come down.
Muslims sheep
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