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  • Muslim holidays urged in Baltimore County schools

    05/11/2005 10:59:39 AM PDT · by JZelle · 43 replies · 2,217+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 5-11-05 | Unknown
    TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- Muslim parents and community leaders in Baltimore County have been lobbying for more than a year to get schools closed for two of their more important religious holidays. Schools are closed on Jewish and Christian holidays, they have argued repeatedly at school board meetings, so why not on Muslim holidays as well? Despite those efforts, the system's proposed calendar for the 2006-07 academic year does not close schools for Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha, which celebrates the Koranic account of God's allowing Abraham to sacrifice a sheep instead of his...